Public Knowledge hires Stephen Bennett, ex-Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, as director-development and external affairs; Alisa Valentin, ex-National Urban League and ex-FCC, as broadband policy director; Nat Purser, former Center for Economic and Policy Research, as government affairs policy advocate; and Georgetown Law Communications and Technology Law Clinic’s Lauren Harriman as fellow … Free State Foundation announces former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly as adjunct senior fellow, launching video podcast, TMT With Mike O’Rielly.
Ericsson promotes Niklas Heuveldop to head-business area global communications platform and CEO-Vonage and Yossi Cohen to senior vice president-head, market area North America, both effective Feb. 1; Heuveldop succeeds Rory Read, stepping down Feb. 1 and leaving end of Q1 … Incompas promotes Lindsay Stern to attorney-policy manager … Protiviti Consulting elevates 36 staffers including for technology: Nick Britton, Pierce Chakraborty, Andre Cilurzo, James Eick, Joseph Emerson, Chris Hanson, Joe Marcum and Hirun Tantirigama as managing directors and Willy Alvarado as senior director … Push-to-talk provider Digi-Talk Plus hires JVCKenwood’s David Weber as business development manager.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise promotes Kristin Major to executive vice president-chief people officer, succeeding Alan May, remaining with HPE to support planned acquisition of Jupiter Networks, and expands role for Neil MacDonald, leading high-performance computing and AI business segment in addition to continuing to lead its compute business, both effective Feb. 1; HPE also announces that Hewlett Packard Labs will now report to Fidelma Russo, HPE’s chief technology officer ... Verrill names Keefe Clemons, ex-Verizon, partner-energy, telecommunications and natural resources group …Victory Holdings’ Melissa Patton joins Space Foundation as vice president-education … Troomi Wireless, a provider of safe smartphone tech for children, adds Jean Twenge, San Diego State University psychology professor, to advisory board … Sidus Space adds former Goldman Sachs executive Richard Berman to its board.