The Center for Democracy & Technology names George Slover, ex-Consumer Reports, general counsel and senior counsel-competition policy … Semiconductor Industry Association hires Rina Pal-Goetzen, ex-3D printed microTec, as director-global policy … Consumer Federation of America announces Erin Witte, former Virginia assistant attorney general, as director-consumer protection, replacing Susan Grant, who becomes senior fellow.
Outside Interactive adds Amy DuBois Barnett from Paramount’s BET Digital as its first chief content officer ... WeLink hires Sunrun’s Brendan Smith as chief operating officer and Mark Trout, ex-Accenture, as president ... Clean energy tech platform Arcadia hires Twilio’s Benjamin Stein as chief product officer ... Fiserv taps UnionPay International’s Miriam Park, also ex-Visa, as general manager-South Korea.
Globalstar announces Dave Haight, from AT&T, as vice president-IOT … Internet services provider Veon announces Robert Jan van de Kraats leaves its board for personal reasons ... Cybersecurity platform SpiderOak elects ex-Vulcan Aerospace President Charles Beames as chairman.
Lobbyist registrations: Augmented-reality smart contact lens developer Mojo Vision, Thorn Run Partners on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S-1260), America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act (HR-4521) and FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (S-1605), effective Jan. 1 … PCS Wireless, T A Business Development advocating for “federal government usage of premium pre-owned mobile devices,” effective Jan. 1 … Nonfungible token startup Proleague.gg, Romo Strategies on “legislation regarding regulation” of NFTs, effective Jan. 1 … Scale AI, The Halcrow Group, effective Jan. 1 …
TechNet, Subject Matter on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (HR-3816/S-2992) and Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S-3538), Communications Decency Act Section 230 revamp, consumer privacy and competition legislation, effective Jan. 1 … Cybersecurity firm Triumph Enterprises, Ervin Graves Strategy Group on federal acquisition of “IT services and cybersecurity products,” effective Jan. 1 … Autonomous vehicles startup Nuro, on its own behalf, effective Dec. 31 … Crown Media, Emmer Consulting on “independent programming and competition,” effective Dec. 23 … Cybersecurity firm Virsec, Imperium Global Advisors, effective Dec. 20.
Dapper Labs, FS Vector, effective Dec. 15 and Crossroads Strategies, effective Dec. 10, both on NFTs … Enterprise firmware security firm Eclypsium, Efrus Federal Advisors on “federal firmware cybersecurity requirements,” effective Dec. 15 … Smart Horizon Career Online Education, Prism Group, effective Dec. 15 … Fight for the Future, Insight Public Affairs on “advocating for human rights in relation to decentralized technologies,” effective Dec. 14 … Online ticket seller Vivid Seats, Dentons US on “online event ticket market” policy, effective Dec. 13 … Right to Repair, Emmer Consulting on the Freedom to Repair Act (HR-6566), effective Dec. 8.
Student safety tech company Gaggle, Alston & Bird on “leveraging technology to support student safety and mental health,” effective Dec. 3 … Canon Nanotechnologies, Greenberg Traurig on “funding for semiconductor manufacturing production,” effective Dec. 1 … EBay, Akin Gump, effective Dec. 1 … Epic Games, on its own behalf on “consumer protection, privacy, online safety and security, mobile device app store competition, and antitrust,” effective Dec. 1.