AI provider Blend names Steven Tom, ex-Adtalem Global, senior vice president-data science and insights, new position.
Scripps promotes Tony Lamerato to vice president-local media sales, replacing Missy Evenson, retired.
Wiley adds Ian Barlow, formerly FTC, as of counsel … DCI Group taps Dishan De Silva, ex-Silver Square, as CFO, new post … Thrive appoints Ben Reich, ex-Opti9 Tech, CFO … Lantronix names Steve Burrington, ex-Ikotek USA, as vice president-global research and development, replacing Eric Bass ... Spectrum Reach promotes Jason Brown to executive vice president, replacing David Kline, president and Charter executive vice president, retiring, effective in May, after 46 years.
Changes in the office of FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington: David Brodian promoted to senior legal adviser and Sara Rahmjoo to legal adviser; policy adviser Michael Sweeney leaves ... Nokia names Justin Hotard, ex-Intel, president and CEO, effective April 1, replacing Pekka Lundmark … Afiniti selects Jerome Kapelus, ex-PWCC Marketplace, as CEO, replacing Hassan Afzal, remaining as strategic adviser … Joseph Cramer, ex-Boeing and former FCC adviser, joins Freedom Technologies as senior vice president-international, new position.
HP appoints Songyee Yoon, Principal Venture Partners, to board … Ametek names Isabel Wells, ex-Kimball Electronics, vice president-information technology and chief information officer; and William Callahan, ex-Amphenol, vice president and general manager-aerospace and defense division.
Changes at chip manufacturer Skyworks Solutions: Philip Brace, formerly Lantronix and Inseego, named CEO, replacing Liam Griffin, who remains an adviser for 90 days; Christine King, Henry Schein One, becomes board chair … DCI Group taps Jayne Millerick, ex-office of New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), as vice president-governors and attorneys general … America’s Public Television Stations elects to board: Dolores Fernandez Alonso, South Florida PBS, chair; Adrienne Fairwell, South Carolina Educational Television, professional vice chair; Garrett King, Friends of OETA, lay vice chair; trustees: Darren LaShelle, Northern California Public Media; Mary Nelson, Nine PBS; Deborah Smith, Alaska Public Media; Sylvia Strobel, Twin Cities PBS.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission elects Edward Lodge, Lodge Cattle, president; promotes Dayn Hardie from lead deputy attorney general to commissioner, replacing Eric Anderson … Ericsson promotes Charlotte Levert to chief people officer, senior vice president and head-group function people, replacing MajBritt Arfert … Socure taps Barrett Young, ex-Netradyne, as chief marketing officer … Changes at Aviatrix: Ken Horner, ex-Cloudflare, named chief revenue officer; Scott Leatherman advanced to chief marketing officer; Mark Anthony, ex-JFrog, becomes vice president-global business value; Russ Gould, ex-Billtrust, appointed vice president-growth marketing; Denise Oliver, formerly Lacework, named vice president-revenue operations; Richard Vienna, ex-Dataiku, becomes global vice president-strategic accounts.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Jay Schwarz, Space Bureau chief, replacing Julie Kearney; Adam Jackman, formerly House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, director-strategic communications, Office of Media Relations ... GSMA names Marc Murtra, Telefonica, to its board, effective immediately, replacing Jose Maria Alvares-Pallete, who left Telefonica; deputy chair Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel Group, becomes acting chair, replacing Alvares-Pallete … Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday promotes Darryl Lawrence, assistant consumer advocate, to interim consumer advocate ... River Advisers promotes Alexis Martin, chief consulting officer, to CEO ... North American numbering plan administrator Somos names Shannon Donohue, Proximus Global, to its advisory board … Cato Networks taps Karl Soderlund, ex-Zscaler, as global channel chief, replacing Frank Rauch, retiring … Waxman Strategies names Sarah Morris, formerly NTIA, as managing director and leader-technology practice, new post … The Computer & Communications Industry Association appoints Karina Perez, ex-Aerospace Industries Association, as director-Space and Spectrum Policy Center, new post; Megan Stokes, formerly ACE-AFSCME, as state director, replacing Khara Boender; and Aneysha Bhat, ex-Small Business Association, as senior manager-federal affairs, new post.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Adam Candeub, ex-Michigan State Law School, general counsel ... Julie Kearney steps down as chief, FCC Space Bureau; Kerry Murray becomes acting chief … Sinclair promotes Linda Greenwald and Matthew Diehlmann to directors of programming, replacing Dave Howitt, retiring March 31.
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington promotes Adam Cassady from legal adviser to chief of staff ... NARUC President Tricia Pridemore taps for board Katie Anderson, Arkansas Public Service Commission, succeeding Lillian Mateo-Santos, Puerto Rico Energy Bureau; for subcommittee-education and research, Erik Helland, Iowa Utilities Commission, and Doyle Webb, Arkansas PSC, replacing Pridemore and succeeding John Betkoski, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; for Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) Task Force, Josh Byrnes, Iowa Utilities Commission.