Charter Communications Senior Executive Vice President David Ellen moves to an advisory role to President-CEO Chris Winfrey beginning Dec. 1 ... The Cybersecurity Studio adds Edna Conway, retired former Microsoft vice president-chief security and risk officer, cloud infrastructure, as an adviser ... Accuris, AI-powered data and workflow solutions company, names Formstack’s Richard Smith its first chief financial officer ... Protolabs, digital manufacturing services provider, hires SmartSense’s Sean Farrell, also ex-Applied Materials, as vice president-sales, Americas ... LegalOn Technologies, supplier of contract review software, names Medable’s Gabor Melli, also ex-Sony PlayStation, its first vice president-AI ... Veritonic, audio analytics and research platform, adds former Spotify principal data scientist Jon Gibs as strategic adviser ... HaystackID, e-discovery services firm, names John Brewer chief AI officer, continuing as chief data scientist ... Burt Intelligence, digital advertising intelligence platform, promotes Senior Vice President-Revenue Shay Brog to CEO; former CEO Carl Leskinen continues as an adviser.
White House Office of Science and Technology promotes Austin Bonner to deputy U.S. chief technology officer-policy … Robert Half board adds KPMG Audit Partner Jana Barsten, also a member of KPMG’s global technology, media and telecommunications board, effective Dec. 15 ... AeroVironment, robotics and connectivity company, nominates Mary Beth Long, former assistant defense secretary under President Barack Obama, for election to its board at Sept. 29 annual meeting, filling seat being vacated by Vista Venture Managing Partner Catharine Marigold ... Fetch, rewards app and consumer engagement platform, names Gideon Oppenheimer, ex- Uber Freight, chief financial officer ... Cherry Bekaert, assurance, tax and advisory firm, taps former Skullcandy CEO Jason Hodell as leader-industrial manufacturing ... HubSpot, customer relationship management platform, adds Autodesk President-CEO Andrew Anagnost to its board, effective Sept. 5, filling seat to be vacated by former Google executive Avanish Sahai.
National Medal of Honor Leadership and Education Center taps former Turner Sports President Harvey Schiller, also ex-YankeeNets CEO, as board chairman ... Synopsys promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Sassine Ghazi to president-CEO, effective Jan. 1, when current Chair-CEO Aart de Geus moves to executive chair; Synopsys also added Ghazi to its board, effective Aug. 13 ... Spire Global, provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, names Equifax’s Leo Basola chief financial officer, replacing Thomas Krywe ... Kestra Holdings, wealth management platform, hires Jean-Luc Dupont, ex-American Credit Acceptance, as vice president-chief information security officer and head-cybersecurity and technology risk ... Xsolla, video game e-commerce company, names Salesforce’s Steve Lambert COO ... Vectra AI names Scott Dussault, from Workhuman, CFO.
Interactive Advertising Bureau adds former Mindshare CEO Amanda Richman as executive in residence and KPMG’s Piya Mehra, also ex-Horizon Media, as chief of staff ... Viral Nation, social media marketing company, names FilmRise’s Bianca Serafini, also ex-Warner Bros. Productions U.K., head-content licensing, new over-the-top distribution division ... Plus, autonomous driving software company, names Steven Spinner chief financial officer; Spinner, a former Department of Energy senior official in the Obama administration, previously was Plus adviser to the CEO on finance and strategic initiatives ... Arrow Electronics promotes Rick Marano to president-global components, effective with Arrow’s Sept. 13 board meeting, succeeding Kirk Schell ... Macy’s names McKinsey & Co.’s Max Magni chief customer and digital officer, effective Aug. 21.
Newly promoted in Fox Television Stations advertising sales division restructuring: Patrick Paolini to executive vice president-ad sales; Sheila Bruce and Tom Fleming to senior vice presidents-ad sales; and Michael Page to senior vice president-digital sales ... Pavlov Media promotes President-Operations Cory Douglas to CEO, succeeding founder Mark Scifres, who remains a board member ... Rogers Corp. names Henkel’s Griffin Gappert vice president-chief technology officer ... Shutterstock hires ACA Group’s Aimee Egan, also ex-Thomson Reuters, as its first global head-enterprise, and adds her to its executive committee ... Qurate Retail Group promotes Eve DelSoldo to general counsel and adds her to its executive team ... Ad measurement firm Mediavine promotes Brad Hagmann to senior vice president-advertising technology ... Blackbaud, social impact software provider, moves Chief Information Officer Todd Lant to chief customer officer.
CBS promotes Wendy McMahon to president-CEO, CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, expanding her roles to include singular oversight of CBS News and Stations, plus leadership of CBS’ domestic syndication business; McMahon’s new duties will encompass all areas of oversight she previously shared with Neeraj Khemlani, also president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, and Steven LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures; Khemlani plans to begin a “multiplatform first-look deal” with CBS to develop content for Simon & Schuster; LoCascio plans to retire at the end of his current contract ... PayPal names Alex Chriss, ex-Intuit, president-CEO and to its board, effective Sept. 27; former President-CEO Dan Schulman will remain on the board until annual meeting in May ... Ford hires former Apple Vice President-Services Peter Stern as president-newly formed Ford Integrated Services ... Barclays names Moelis & Co.’s Lee Counselman a managing director within its technology investment banking business, effective early next year.
CBS Stations promotes Matt Naber and Robert Breen to co-heads, advertising sales and operations, succeeding Julio Marenghi, leaving CBS Oct. 1 ... AMC Entertainment promotes Ellen Copaken to senior vice president-marketing, and adds her to its management executive committee, succeeding Eliot Hamlisch, who left AMC ... Streaming Video Technology Alliance adds Viasat Product Manager Dan Newman as new board member ... AuditBoard, cloud-based risk management platform, names Everbridge’s Haibei Wang, also ex-ServiceNow and PayPal, chief development officer ... WeVideo, cloud-based multimedia platform, names former Blackbaud and Anthology executive Kevin Knight CEO ... BrightEdge, organic search, content and digital automation platform, promotes Krish Kumar to CEO; founder and former CEO Jim Yu moves to executive chairman ... Mad Mushroom, indie video game publishing company, names former Activision Blizzard executive Mike Silbowitz CEO ... Tracer, data intelligence platform, adds NewRoad Capital Partners operating partner John Sheehy to its board ... DHI Group, provider of AI-powered career marketplaces, announces resignation of Chief Financial Officer Kevin Bostick, effective Sept. 1, remaining consultant until Dec. 31 ... Early Warning Services, fraud and payment solutions provider, names BMO Financial Group’s Cameron Fowler CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Nexstar extends contract of Gary Weitman, executive vice president-chief communications officer, for an unspecified multiyear term ... Comcast promotes Tracy Pitcher to senior vice president-Comcast Business, at its Central Division headquarters in Atlanta ... Rivada Networks adds Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense under President Barack Obama, to its board ... Zayo, communications infrastructure provider, adds ex-interim PG&E CEO Bill Smith, also ex-BellSouth and AT&T, to its board ... Foreign Policy Research Institute names senior fellow and U.S. Naval War College professor Nikolas Gvosdev director-national security program ... ECS, advanced technology, science and engineering solutions company, names Martin Klein, ex-DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and a former ECS executive, vice president-analytics and AI ... TV ad agency Marketing Architects names VaynerMedia’s Steve Babcock chief creative officer, replacing Rob DeMars, who recently became chief product architect ... Identiv, IoT security company, adds Software House founder John Moss as senior adviser ... Electric transportation company Bird Global gives Chief Financial Officer Michael Washinushi additional role of interim CEO, during search for replacement for former CEO Shane Torchiana ... Kofax, intelligent automation software provider, names Ceridian’s Jeff Hartnett senior vice president-sales, Americas ... Salesloft, AI-powered revenue workflow platform, names ServiceNow’s Sam Loveland, also ex-Microsoft and Salesforce, chief customer officer.
Nexstar names Disney’s Jon Camera senior vice president-national advertising sales division ... Ziff Davis adds Jana Barsten, from KPMG’s tech industry practice, to its board, effective Nov. 13 ... UPS promotes Makoto Kato to president-UPS Japan ... Microvast, lithium-ion battery developer, promotes Zach Ward to president ... Samsara, connected operations cloud platform, adds former Lennox International CEO Todd Bluedorn to its board ... E Source, data company for the utility industry, names former board chairman Dave Perotti CEO, succeeding Ted Schultz, remaining on the board as an independent director ... Conversational AI company LivePerson names Chief Financial Officer John Collins to the additional role of interim CEO; former CEO Robert LoCascio remains a special adviser through Dec. 31.
EchoStar President-CEO Hamid Akhavan will fill those roles in the combined Dish Network and EchoStar company when the acquisition closes by year-end; Charlie Ergen, current chairman of both Dish and EchoStar, will become executive chairman; Dish Wireless President-Chief Operating Officer John Swieringa will become president-technology and COO; and Dish President-CEO Erik Carlson will continue in those roles until he departs the business at the closing of the transaction ... National CineMedia, newly emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, taps Lauren Zalaznick, former Comcast NBCUniversal executive vice president-chair, entertainment and digital networks, as board chair; other new National CineMedia board members: Bernadette Aulestia, former HBO president-global distribution; Nicholas Bell, current Fanatics Live CEO and former head-product, Google Search Experience; former Standard General partner David Glazek; Juliana Hill, former iHeartMedia senior vice president-liquidity and asset management; current Blantyre Capital partner Tiago Lourenco; Jean-Philippe Maheu, former Twitter global vice president-client solutions and advertising sales; and Attention Capital CEO Joe Marchese, former Fox Networks Group president-advertising revenue.