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.