CTIA President-CEO Meredith Baker to retire in 2025 at the end of her contract, continuing to lead the organization "in the interim to ensure a smooth transition" (see 2412120055) ... NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson says he's resigning Jan. 20 (see 2412120066) ... Spence Purnell, ex-Reason Foundation, joins R Street Institute as senior fellow-technology and innovation ... Wiley announces promotions, including Lyn Brown to partner, telecom, media and tech, and Frank Scaduto to of counsel, litigation, including telecom, effective Jan. 1 ... Qualcomm promotes Baaziz Achour to chief technology officer, succeeding James Thompson, retiring, effective Feb. 3 ... Paramount Global extends Dorothea Lea’s contract through 2028 as executive vice president-global public policy and government relations ... Ciena appoints board member Lawton Fitt as independent chair-board; Patrick Nettles steps down as executive chair.
FCC announces retirements of Jeffrey Steinberg, assistant general counsel; Huong Chau, Media Bureau-Audio Division engineer; Linda Sanderson Office of Economics and Analytics’ Auctions Division associate chief; and Martha Stancill, Auctions Division deputy; Daniel Shiman, OEA economist; Ying Ke, OEA geospatial data specialist; and Rachel Kazan, OEA chief of staff; new to agency is Jane Coffin, ex-Internet Society, chief-Global Strategy and Negotiations Division, Office of International Affairs.
Sirius XM appoints Wayne Thorsen, ex-ADT Inc., as executive vice president-COO, effective Dec. 16 ... Cybersecurity company Forcepoint appoints Rick Hanson, ex-Delinea, as president-Go-to-Market ... SMS platform Community names Jeremy Schultz, ex-Uberflip, as CEO ... Cybersecurity company Exabeam appoints Mike Byron, ex-Mimecast, as chief financial officer ... Managed Services Provider Node4 names Richard Moseley, ex-Rapid7, as CEO succeeding Andy Gilbert, transitioning to president and board member; transition to be complete early 2025.
Jessica Campbell, FCC's deputy division chief-Wireline Bureau’s Telecommunications Access Policy Division, announces she's leaving Friday to join DOJ's National Security Division, working in the Foreign Investment Review Section ... Browser security company Conceal appoints Eric Cornelius, ex-Ghost Security, as CEO ... McAfee appoints Joe Manna, ex-Experian, as chief product and engineering officer ... Telecom and technology services provider Fortress Solutions promotes Dan Lakey to chief revenue officer ... Valens Semiconductor appoints Gili Friedman, ex-Sony, as senior vice president-head-cross industry business, effective Feb. 16.
Modular data center provider Intelliflex promotes Rodney Briere to president and appoints Bryan Davies, ex-Eureka Digital Mining, as global sales director.
AI and analytics provider C5i promotes Nitesh Jain to CEO, succeeding Ashwin Mittal, moving to executive chairman ... Data center campus provider Vantage Data Centers promotes Christophe Strauven to CFO-North America, succeeding Dave Renner, retiring at year's end; also announces Rich Cosgray, ex-Truist Securities, as senior vice president-capital markets ... Cloud Security provider Sysdig appoints Sergej Epp, ex-Palo Alto Networks, as chief information security officer and promotes Shanta Kohli to chief marketing officer ... Scripps promotes Matthew Hijuelos to vice president-distribution, effective Jan. 1; he succeeds Robin Davis, retiring at year's end ... Newsmax announces Tim Gaughan, ex-Weather Channel and Fox News, as vice president-news operations … Chris Elliott, ex-Ruckus Networks, rejoins Allied Telesis as vice president-partnerships and alliances.
With Gogo's acquisition of Satcom Direct, Satcom President Chris Moore becomes CEO, succeeding Oakleigh Thorne, moving to executive chairman; Zachary Cotner, ex-Satcom CFO, becomes CFO, replacing Jessi Betjemann, leaving company; Mike Begler, senior vice president-Gogo Production Operations, becomes executive vice president-COO (see 2412040002) … California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) reappoints Matt Baker to the California Public Utilities Commission.
Spire Global promotes Theresa Condor to CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Peter Platzer, transitioning to executive chairperson (see 2412030008) and appoints Celia Pelaz, ex-Hensoldt, as COO, effective Jan. 6, and Gabriel Oehme, ex-Aerotech Peissenberg, as chief transformation officer, also effective Jan. 6.
Incompas President Angie Kronenberg leaves the group (see 2412020048) ... Susan Duarte, ex-Roofstock, joins Marashlian & Donahue’s marketing, privacy and AI practices as partner ... Kristen Broz, ex-Fox Rothschild, joins Ballard Spahr’s litigation department and antitrust and competition group as partner ... Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires, effective immediately, with CFO David Zinsner and Executive Vice President Michelle Johnston Holthaus becoming interim co-CEOs; independent board Chair Frank Yeary becomes interim executive chair (see 2412020030) … IT provider Supermicro promotes Kenneth Cheung to chief accounting officer ... Qualcomm promotes John Kuzin to senior vice president-spectrum policy and regulatory counsel.
GeoLinks announces Lynda Willis, ex-Tuff Boy Sales, as CEO … Comtech Telecom elects Delta Value Group’s Ken Traub as executive chairman, succeeding Mark Quinlan, stepping down, and announces retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford as independent director.