DQE Communications, regional provider of high-speed data networking for businesses and carriers, names former Internap executive Michael Sicoli CEO, effective immediately, concurrent with the completion of DQE’s acquisition by GI Partners, an investor in data infrastructure businesses ... Nielsen hires Partha Sengupta, ex-Kroll, as managing director and leader of its new global capability centers ... Luna Innovations, fiber optic test products company, taps Will Denman as senior vice president-sales, North America, Matthew Friedman as vice president-product marketing, and John Roiko as chief financial officer, succeeding George Gomez-Quintero, resigned; Denman, Friedman and Roiko all are former National Instruments executives; Luna also names former IHS Markit Chief Accounting Officer Heather Matzke-Hamlin as a consultant to evaluate, renew and document the company’s business process controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, and adds former National Instruments CEO Alex Davern and Juniper Strategies founder Kevin Ilcisin as strategic advisers to the board; Luna also terminates Chief Technology Officer Brian Soller for cause, effective immediately ... Photonic, quantum computing and networking company, hires Chantal Arena, ex-Lawrence Semiconductors, as vice president- research, development and production, devices, and Klaus Schuegraf, ex-PsiQuantum, as vice president-research, development and production, systems; Photonic also promotes Alison Berg to chief marketing officer, newly created role, and names Moonshot Associates' Jessica Hodgson vice president-people.

Thunderbird Entertainment announces impending departure of President-Chief Creative Officer Matthew Berkowitz, effective May 31, his duties to be split among Senior Vice Presidents Aaron Behl, Kristin Cummings and Hillary Zwick Turner, all reporting to Thunderbird Chair Jennifer Twiner McCarron; Thunderbird also promotes David Way to CEO-Great Pacific Media (GPM), the company’s unscripted subsidiary, and elevates Lindsay Macadam to GPM president ... Unity, tools platform for game and app developers, taps Matthew Bromberg, ex-Zynga, as president-CEO and adds him to its board, effective May 15; interim CEO Jim Whitehurst moves to executive chair, and Chairman Roelof Botha transitions back to lead independent director ... Universities Space Research Association’s Council of Institutions appoints Joan Ramage, Lehigh University, as chair and Jed Hancock, Utah State University, as vice chair ... Wavelo, software provider to communication service providers, adds Andy Youe, ex-AwareX, as vice president-sales ... NEC Asia Pacific taps former NEC India Chairman-President Takayuki Inaba as president-CEO, succeeding Koichiro Koide, moving back to parent NEC in Japan for his next assignment ... Mobile satellite communications services company Ovzon moves Group Finance Manager Viktor Bremer to interim CFO as it launches a search to replace departed Noora Jayasekara … Following Avant Technologies’ purchase of Wired4Health, Avant announces William Hisey, Wired4Health’s former CFO, as Avant CEO.