Sony Ventures names Kazuhito Hadano new CEO, in addition to his current roles as Sony Wireless Communications corporate executive officer, and chief financial officer, Sony Network Communications Europe; Gen Tsuchikawa, previous Sony Ventures CEO and chief investment officer, moves to chairman ... Ad tech company VideoAmp taps former Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori, also former Discovery Communications and Fox Entertainment, as executive chairman; Ross McCray relinquishes his CEO role, moving to active founder, board member and shareholder; former Nielsen senior executive Peter Bradbury, from PwC, joins VideoAmp executive leadership team in new role as chief commercial and growth officer; newly promoted at VideoAmp are Tony Fagan to president-technology and strategy, and Josh Hudgins to chief product officer ... Boomi, cloud-native connectivity platform, hires Matt Heinz, ex-Amplitude, as chief revenue officer ... Sabio Holdings, provider of connected TV and over-the-top advertising platforms, announces departure of Chief Growth Officer Jon Stimmel ... Great Plains Communications promotes Joseph Pellegrini to president-chief operating officer … Gogo announces immediate retirement of Robert Mundheim, board member since 2012.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announces Arpan Sura, from the Wireless Bureau, as legal adviser (see 2401040043) … Pierson Ferdinand tech-focused law firm launches, with more than 130 partners representing 80-plus practices areas including partners, all from FisherBroyles: Rachel Huffstetler and Keats Quinalty, both intellectual property; Adam Ettinger, chief technology officer; Vincent Bushnell, cyber risk, privacy and data Security; Jed Davis, Charles Geitner and Dan McGuire, cybersecurity and privacy; Maryam Meseha, cybersecurity and data protection; and Tony Onorato, cybersecurity, cyber risk and data breach … Brent Skorup announces he’s left George Mason University's Mercatus Center to become a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Levy Center for Constitutional Studies.
ACA Connects hires three vice presidents: Zamir Ahmed, ex-NAB, for external affairs; Olivia Shields, ex-House Commerce Committee, public affairs and communications; and Max Staloff, ex-Jenner & Block and former FCC, for regulatory affairs … USTelecom appoints Keller and Heckman’s Kathleen Slattery Thompson as vice president-policy and advocacy … Akin promotes intellectual property lawyer David Lee to partner … Troutman Pepper Names patent and IP partner Tate Tischner as managing partner, Rochester office … Former Lawler Metzger partner Jim Falvey announces opening of The Law Office of James C. Falvey, representing fiber infrastructure and other telecom providers.
Laura Phillips, ex-Faegre Drinker, launches Phillips Communications Law, focused on telecom … TDS Telecom promotes Shane West to chief operating officer … Carbyne, provider of emergency response call management software, taps Synchronoss Technologies’ Chris Hill, also former AT&T, as chief operating officer ... MediaCo Holding hires iHeart Media’s Chris Squire as senior vice president-sales and marketing, HOT 97 and WBLS(FM) New York ... Zeasn, developer of the Whale television operating system, hires Roku’s Mike Duin as vice president-global marketing and communications and adds him to its global strategy committee.
Krista Witanowski, ex-Meta, joins FCC as legal adviser-Office of Engineering and Technology.
Cybersecurity firms SecureMac and ThreatHunter.ai add their respective CEOs, Nicholas Raba and James McMurry, to each other’s advisory boards.
General Datatech, network integration services provider to the telecom industry, hires Riveron Consulting’s Rick Haughey as chief financial officer.
Coalition for Independent Technology Research announces board member Brandi Geurkink, ex-Mozilla Foundation, as inaugural executive director, effective January … Diodes, supplier of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optical transceiver modules, promotes Chief Operating Officer Gary Yu to president, effective Jan. 2 ... Sealsq tech hardware and software company hires Franck Buonanno, from WISeKey International, as vice president-global sales, semiconductor and public key infrastructure activities.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints Lori Mohr, from the office of Vice Chair Kim Barrow, as director-Bureau of Consumer Services … Fastly, edge cloud computing platform, hires Cisco’s Kip Compton as chief product officer, effective Jan. 2 ... Knocking, e-commerce and content creation company, promotes Scott Spurgeon to vice president-Knocking Studio and Courtney Spencer to director-brand partnerships.
Dish Network announces Svetlana Matt, ex-Meta, as director-public policy; Malcolm Sherrod, former FGS Global, as manager-government relations; and Phillip Waller, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as manager-policy communications and public affairs … Nexstar Media Group extends employment agreement for Lee Ann Gliha, executive vice president-chief financial officer, through 2026, with one-year renewals ... EnCharge AI, developer of advanced AI chipsets, hires Embark Trucks’ Jonny Morris, also onetime presidential management fellow under President Barack Obama, as vice president-government affairs and communications, and adds Don Rosenberg, retired former Qualcomm executive vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, to its board ... TDS Telecom promotes Jeff Mand to vice president-construction and service enablement, effective Dec. 31 ... DoubleVerify, digital media measurement software platform, adds Match Group President-Chief Financial Officer Gary Swidler to its board, effective Feb. 20.