Glenn Reynolds, ex-ATIS and former NTIA, joins Nokia as vice president-government affairs for North America and head-Washington office … CTIA adds Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Nishant Batra to its board ... Lumen Technologies adds Community President-CEO Diankha Linear to its board, expanding it to 12 members.
DOJ taps Princeton University assistant professor Jonathan Mayer as its first chief science and technology adviser and chief AI officer, in its Office of Legal Policy (see 2402220057) ... Kansas Senate confirms reappointment of Andrew French to a second four-year term on the Kansas Corporation Commission, expiring March 15, 2028 … Kaiber, AI creative lab, hires Ede Schweizer, founder of the 3AM product design studio and a former Amazon, Pinterest, Google and Apple executive, as chief design officer, and Kyt Janae, former Foundation director-collector relations, as head-Kaiber Studio ... New Mitel appointments: Christian Jessel, former Unify head-Central Europe, is tapped as head of newly created dedicated DACH sales region, encompassing Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Simon Skellon, ex-Unify, rejoins as senior vice president and head-international region, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa, excluding DACH.
USTelecom appoints Ainslie Lane, from the International Organization for Migration, as manager-government affairs … Talkdesk cloud contractor hires Zscaler’s Albert Caravelli as senior vice president-alliances and partners ... Aqua Comms, provider of global subsea connectivity services, announces immediate departure of CEO Jim Fagan, and names Chief Network Officer Andy Hudson as his acting replacement ... Jonathan Adelstein, ex-Digital Bridge and former CEO-Wireless Infrastructure Association, says he has joined Vertical Bridge, tower and wireless infrastructure provider, as senior adviser.
Salt Point Strategies, public affairs consulting firm, promotes Jerry Leverich, ex-House staffer, to partner … Nexstar Media moves Chris Pruitt to vice president-general manager, Springfield, Missouri, broadcast and digital operations … Deeplocal, Carnegie Mellon University engineering, design and creative strategy spinoff, promotes Jakob Marsico to chief technology officer and Lauren Kardos to chief financial officer ... Jumio, identity verification platform, hires Igor Beckerman, ex-Newsela and ex-Symantec, as CFO.
New NEP Group appointments: Lise Heidal, former vice president-production for TV 2 in Norway, is hired as president-NEP Europe for NEP broadcast services, effective April 1; Christer Palsson is promoted to chief commercial officer-Europe, reporting to Heidal; and interim SuperSport CEO Jose Teixeira, also its chief content officer, is tapped as president-NEP Nordics, effective April 4 ... EBay adds Workday Chief Financial Officer Zane Rowe to its board, expanding it to 10 members ...
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hires Victoria Ellington, ex-Ron DeSantis presidential campaign staffer, as deputy chief of staff, promotes Omri Ceren to legislative director, Tim Dill to national security adviser and Samara Brown to domestic policy adviser, and announces return of Cassy Garcia, most recently with Hispanic Republicans of Texas, as deputy state director … Summit Ridge Group promotes Fan Jia to director, Daniel-John Perez and Samantha Lynch to vice presidents, and Katie DiRico to associate … Oregon Senate confirms Les Perkins as member of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, term ending Feb. 15, 2028.
Disney promotes Debra OConnell to president of newly formed News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment, combining ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Networks Business Operations ... Nexstar Media Group hires former Katz Media Group executive Stacey Schulman as executive vice president-platform marketing and intelligence, newly created position ... Vislink Technologies names AML Marketing’s Adrian Lambert, ex-Blackbird, as vice president-marketing … Anti-ransomware company Halcyon hires Chris Catanzaro, ex-SentinelOne, as worldwide vice president-channel and managed security service provider, and David French, ex-Apiiro, as vice president-sales ... Pionare taps ex-YEA Networks executive Mike Morse, also former iHeartMedia, SiriusXM and Capitol Broadcasting, as president-podcasting operations.
Squire Patton hires Bridget McGovern, former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary, as partner-public policy … Motion Picture Association names Jonathan Powell, ex-State Department adviser, as senior vice president-strategic communications ... LegalShield hires company adviser Robert Toevs, ex-Dish Network executive and also ex-Qwest Communications, as chief communications officer ... Angie Salas returns to Nexstar Media Group, becoming vice president-general manager of its broadcasting and digital operations in Champaign and Springfield, Illinois; she was director-sales in 2012-2019 for Nexstar’s media businesses in Quad Cities, Iowa, before working for WRTV, ABC’s affiliate in Indianapolis ... Anti-ransomware company Halcyon adds former SentinelOne executive Nicholas Warner to its board.
Maine Public Utilities Commission promotes Amy Dumeny to administrative director … Comcast promotes Ricky Frazier to senior vice president-Keystone region, encompassing parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland ... Alphawave Semi, supplier of high-speed connectivity infrastructure silicon, hires Charlie Roach, ex-Inphi, as chief revenue officer ... Thunderbird Entertainment taps Simon Bodymore, ex-Tasktop Technologies, as chief financial officer, effective March 4, succeeding Barb Harwood, departing March 1 ... Telemundo Station Group moves Jose Suarez to president-general manager, Florida’s WTMO Orlando, WRMD Tampa and WWDT Naples … New York Amsterdam News hires PBS NewsHour’s Aaron Foley as news editor, and promotes Damaso Reyes to executive editor.
Mattel hires Christopher Farrell, ex-Ahold Delhaize, as executive vice president-chief strategy officer ... GoDaddy taps Jared Sine, ex-Match Group and also former Expedia Group, as chief strategy and legal officer, effective March 18 ... EZ Texting, text communications platform, hires Karbon’s Frank Colich as chief financial officer and adds him to its executive leadership team ... National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Julie Fedorchak appoints new board members: Michigan Public Service Commissioner Katherine Peretick, Kentucky PSC Commissioner Kent Chandler, Wyoming PSC Commissioner Mary Throne, Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner John Hammond, New Hampshire PUC Commissioner Carleton Simpson, Hawaii PUC Commissioner Leo Asuncion, District of Columbia PSC Commissioner Emile Thompson, Rhode Island PUC Commissioner Ron Gerwatowski and Ohio PUC Commissioner Jenifer French … Connectivity cloud company names board member Mark Anderson, former Alteryx CEO, as president-revenue.