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.

Following its acquisition of Broadcast Microwave Services, Vislink Technologies announces Bill Sweeney, ex-Troll Systems and ex-BMS, as managing director-military government business … With EchoStar completing its Dish acquisition (see 2401020003), company fixes board at 11 members, appointing Dish CEO-President Hamid Akhavan; directors from Dish; Kathleen Abernathy, Cantey Ergen, Stephen Bye, James DeFranco, George Brokaw and Tom Ortolf; and directors from EchoStar Stanton Dodge, Lisa Hershman and William Wade; Charles Ergen continues as chairman.