Hogan Lovells communications practice recently hired as associates Deborah Broderson, ex-FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wesley Platt, ex-Wireline Bureau, and Carly Didden, ex-Patton Boggs … Wiltshire & Grannis hires Jennifer Bagg, ex-Communications Law Counsel, as partner on state and federal telecom regulation … Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Commissioner Larry Landis to retire in January … President Barack Obama plans to nominate Catherine Ann Novelli, Apple, as State Department undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment … Information Technology Industry Council Vice President-External Affairs Tom Gavin hired by Salesforce.com, to work in its Washington office as senior director-industry branding, effective early next month.
Sandra “Dee” Lord, ex-Social Security Administration, hired by International Trade Commission as administrative law judge … Council for Research Excellence adds Artie Bulgrin, ESPN, and Susie Thomas, Palisades Media Group, as members … Cincinnati Bell promotes Leigh Fox to succeed Kurt Freyberger, resigning as chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1 … Tribune’s Joe Young retiring as general manager, KDAF Dallas, effective Oct. 11 … NTCA promotes Laura Withers to director-communications … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing elects to board Jennifer Ball, Univision Communications, and Megan Rock, The Weather Co.
Gibson Dunn hires Helgi Walker, ex-Wiley Rein, as partner, with focus on appellate, regulatory and complex litigation issues … Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez will lead a delegation of 13 U.S. company representatives on a cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection trade mission Sept. 29-Oct. 2 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait … Allbritton Communications President and Politico CEO Fred Ryan to leave company later this year … NetNumber names Brad Boston to the board of the wireline and wireless signal routing and database service provider, as president and CEO … Dialogic network capacity firm hires Robert Dennerlein, ex-Raritan, as executive vice president-finance, and chief financial officer … Broadcast graphics automation system provider Bannister Lake Software hires Pete Challinger, ex-Pixel Power, as vice president-U.S. business development … Neohapsis mobile and cloud security service firm hires Patricia Wright, ex-Rapid7, as vice president-consulting services.
TechNet hires John Doherty, ex-UnitedHealth Group, as vice president-state policy & politics, and general counsel … Akin Gump hires Gregory Guice, ex-FCC Office of Legislative Affairs, as senior counsel-public law and policy practice … Sutherland Asbill hires, among others from Dow Lohnes, Bill Dudzinsky as partner to work on mergers and acquisitions and other technology, media and telecom transactions … Hearst Television’s Paul Fredericksen, president-general manager of KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, to retire later this year.
MPAA hires John McCoskey, ex-PBS, as executive vice president-chief technology officer, Office of Technology, and Alex Deacon, ex-Neustar Media, as senior vice president-Internet technology, new post … Herman & Whiteaker hires telecom lawyer Robin Tuttle, ex-Karen Brinkmann PLLC, as of counsel.
Time Warner Inc. moves Senior Vice President Doug Shapiro to senior vice president-international and corporate strategy, succeeding Michael Del Nin, who resigned to become co-CEO of Central European Media Enterprises, while Michael Kopelman advances to senior vice president, succeeding Shapiro in investor relations post … Mark Hollinger to resign as Discovery Networks International CEO effective June 14, successor undisclosed … NFC Forum, which advocates for near-field communication technology, elects Paula Hunter, ex-Outercurve Foundation, as executive director, succeeding Debbie Arnold … SAP hires Joe Kernan, retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, as vice president-business development, SAP National Security Services … Aerohive Networks Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking firm hires David Greene, ex-Riverbed, as chief marketing officer and senior vice president … Firetide private wireless broadband network firm hires Nader Vasseghi, ex-SelfOptima, as vice president-engineering … Dish Network adds George Brokaw, Highbridge Growth Equity Fund, to board … TNCI promotes Debi Yphantides to vice president-sales and marketing at telecom provider formed by Garrison Investment Group and Blue Casa Telephone … Business Roundtable names Randall Stephenson, AT&T, chairman, effective Jan. 1 for two-year term, succeeding Jim McNerney, Boeing.
Vermont Rep. Margaret Cheney appointed by Gov. Peter Shumlin to state Public Service Board; she will resign from the legislature, and start hearing new matters before the board Oct. 1 … ITV Studios hires Orly Adelson, ex-Dick Clark Productions, as president, ITV Studios America … Nexstar names William Sally, formerly of WXXA-TV Albany, N.Y., senior vice president and regional manager, East region, new position … Young Broadcasting hires Dean Littleton, ex-Gray Television, as vice president and general manager of WATE-TV Knoxville, Tenn. … Enlightened information technology consulting firm hires Derek Smith, ex-Computer Sciences Corp., as director-cyber initiatives … Alaska Communications adds Carol Mills, whose former employers include Hewlett-Packard, to board … Iotum board adds Jim Estill, an investor in the VoIP and conference-calling company, and Majd Shweikeh, ex-Orange Mobile … HSN Inc. board adds Matthew Rubel, TPG Capital.
Peter Karanjia leaving FCC, where he was deputy general counsel, to return to Davis Wright in its Communications, Media, IP & Technology Group, and he will be Appellate Practice Group co-chairman … Deloitte & Touche hires Mary Galligan, ex-FBI, as director-security and privacy practice … FairPoint Communications promotes John Lunny to chief technology officer … PCTEL board promotes Chief Financial Officer John Schoen to also be senior vice president … Intelsat General promotes Skot Butler to vice president-sales, marketing and business development, new position … Gannett hires Judy Vogel, ex-Media Storm, as vice president-research … Among those elected to NATPE board for 2014 are Jack Abernethy, Fox TV Stations; Joe Abruzzese, Discovery Communications; Deborah Bradley, Turner Broadcasting; Sean Carey, Netflix; Alberto Ciurana, Univision; and Lauren Zalaznick, NBCUniversal.
Cesar Conde resigns as president of Univision Networks, to become NBCUniversal executive vice president-international group; in reorganization, Alberto Ciurana, president-programming and content, Isaac Lee, president-news, and Juan Carlos Rodriquez, president-Univision Sports will report directly to CEO Randy Falco … NPR names board member Paul Haaga acting president and CEO, effective Sept. 30 … DirecTV adds to board Anthony Vinciquerra, Texas Pacific Group … Daniel Maloney, ex-Motorola Mobility president, appointed to TiVo board, which expands to eight members … Zuora subscription commerce firm hires Keith Costello, ex-SAP, as senior vice president-global services, and Senior Vice President Guillaume Vives is now senior vice president-strategy and product management … Viacloud hires Jon Kandiah, ex-EE, as chief technology officer of the carrier infrastructure firm.
RDK Management names Steve Heeb, who remains at Comcast, president and general manager of joint venture of Comcast and Time Warner Cable for common framework for cable consumer electronics … Rogers Communications hires Guy Laurence from Vodafone UK as president-CEO, effective Dec. 2, to succeed Nadir Mohamed, who said he’s retiring this year … Communications Systems hires Scott Otis, ex-TE Connectivity, as president and general manager, Transition Networks, and last week named Chairman Curtis Sampson as interim CEO, board member Edwin Freeman as chief financial officer and director Roger Lacey vice chairman … 8x8 hires Darren Hakeman, advisor to Silicon Valley companies, as senior vice president-product and strategy … Sesame Workshop hires Juan Martinez, ex-Teach for America, as vice president-strategic communications … Comverse names Neil Montefiore, ex-StarHub, to board … National Association of State Technology Directors board includes Darin Rand, Oregon’s Enterprise Technology Services, as president; Bernie O'Donnell, Connecticut’s communications services director, vice president; Jack Doane, Alabama’s information services division, secretary/treasurer; Brad Steele, Massachusetts Information Technology Division, Eastern region president … Content delivery network services provider Highwinds appoints Chris Petrovic, ex-GameStop, to board.