E.W. Scripps names NBCUniversal’s Brian Norris, also former Dish Network, chief revenue officer, effective Aug. 28 ... Unisys hires ITT’s Kristen Prohl as general counsel-chief administrative officer ... CW Network extends contract of President Dennis Miller by another year through 2027 ... Lumen Technologies adds Nationwide Insurance Chief Technology Officer Jim Fowler, also former General Electric global chief information officer, to its board, expanding it to 11 members ... Media company My Code names Rebecca Kramer Rosengard, ex-Twitter, now known as X, senior vice president-marketing ... Open Raven, data security automation platform, adds Aviso Ventures founder Andrew Peterson, also former Signal Sciences CEO, to its board ... Klaviyo, marketing automation and customer data platform, names GoTo’s Jamie Domenici, also ex-Salesforce, chief marketing officer ... Yext, digital experience platform, names Optimizely’s Tzi-Kei Wong chief product officer ... Electric vehicle company Faraday Future adds PartsiD CEO Lev Peker to its board ... Data platform WekaIO names AnyRoad’s Iris Hermelin, also ex-Lyft, its first chief people and culture officer ... Public Knowledge names Elise Phillips, from the office of Rep. Pramila Jayapa, D-Wash., policy counsel and promotes Senior Policy Counsel Sara Collins to director-government affairs … National Cybersecurity Center hires Scott Sage, ex-Peraton, as chief operations officer.
GVTC Communications, fiber telecom provider, elects board member Clint Swindall chairman to succeed Chuck Knibbe, resigning after 27 years in that role, but remaining on the board ... Cisco promotes Oliver Tuszik to president-Europe, the Middle East and Africa ... Firefly Aerospace names Blue Origin's Brett Alexander, also ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under former President George W. Bush, chief revenue officer ... Game developer FunPlus hires former Reflector Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Alexandre Amancio as senior vice president and head-world building and IP strategy ... VMD, cybersecurity services provider to the federal government, promotes Senior Vice President-Business Development Mike Brokaw to chief delivery officer, newly created role ... Cybercheck, cyber intelligence AI company, names former Salesforce.com Chief Customer Officer Chris Ramsey CEO, effective Sept. 18; current CEO and founder Adam Mosher moves to chief technology officer.
Red Hat names Andrew Brown from parent IBM senior vice president-chief revenue officer, effective Oct. 1, succeeding Larry Stack, leaving Red Hat at the end of Q3 to join IBM as a senior adviser ... Emnify, cloud-native IoT connectivity solutions company, names Artur Michalczyk, ex-Vonage, chief technology officer ... Data company Finch AI hires Jennifer Nelson, former Amazon Web Services general manager-national security, as chief operating officer ... Robert Half promotes Sara Gagen to senior vice president-applications, tech and innovation, leading its cloud solutions department ... EVgo, public fast-charging network for electric vehicles, taps lead independent director Badar Khan to succeed Cathy Zoi as CEO when Zoi retires on or about Nov. 9; she remains an adviser through year-end ... Rivian Automotive adds former Waymo CEO John Krafcik to its board ... Data-streaming company Confluent promotes Rohan Sivaram to chief financial officer, effective Aug. 16, replacing Steffan Tomlinson, leaving ... IT distributor TD Synnex names lead independent director Ann Vezina its next chair, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Dennis Polk, who remains a board member and keeps his executive responsibilities ... Klaviyo, marketing automation platform, adds former Workday co-CEO Chano Fernandez, ex-Medallia CFO Roxanne Oulman and Susan St. Ledger, HashiCorp president-worldwide field operations, to its board, expanding it to nine members ... QuSecure, post-quantum cryptography company, adds Cisco Distinguished Architect Craig Hill to its board ... Dexian, IT and workforce solutions provider, names Nordic Consulting’s Jeff Buss, also ex-Ernst & Young, chief information officer ...
Best Buy adds Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell, also former UScellular, to its board ... Legal tech company Litify names Davisware’s Curtis Brewer CEO ... Strider Technologies, intellectual property security platform, taps Mike Madsen, former acting director-DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit, as vice president-national security solutions ... BDx Data Centers names Manish Prakash, ex-Microsoft, president-chief business officer ... Fiserv, payment services provider, adds Charlotte Yarkoni, Microsoft president-commerce, ecosystems, cloud and AI, to its board ... Automotive tech company Luminar names SpaceX’s Emily Shanklin senior vice president-marketing, and GoPro’s Kevin Hinge executive vice president-manufacturing, supply chain and quality ... Former ACA Connects Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Michael Jacobs joins Lumen as assistant general counsel-federal regulatory affairs ... Riedel Communications hires Diversified’s Kevin Collins as senior vice president-sales, North America.
Backlight, media and entertainment technology company, names Telestream’s Benjamin Desbois chief operating officer ... IBM elects Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach to its board, effective Oct. 30 ... CDW adds Kelly Grier, recently retired Ernst & Young U.S. chair and managing partner, to its board ... Movie theater owner Marcus Corp. elects Thomas Kissinger, its senior executive vice president-general counsel, to its board ... Synopsys names PTC’s Jill Larsen chief people officer ... RealBlocks, web-based private equity platform, hires Addepar’s Ron Barasch as chief marketing officer ... E-commerce platform BigCommerce names Delphix’s Steven Chung president, effective Aug. 14 ... MacStadium, private Mac cloud provider, adds World Trade Center Atlanta’s Sherry Grote, also former Kore Wireless, as head-global marketing ... Monroe Capital names Jeff Kaye, ex-Wells Fargo Capital Finance, managing director-tech finance originations group.
Ceragon Networks taps HarbourVest Partners Managing Director Ilan Rosen, Ceragon board member since July 2021, as its new chairman, succeeding Zohar Zisapel, who died May 19 ... Former Treasury Department attorney Colgate Selden and Alan Lindeke, former Change Home Mortgage general counsel, launch SeldenLindeke, new law firm focusing on federal and state regulatory and licensing specialties, including for tech clients ... Rivian Automotive names Carvana’s Alan Hoffman, former deputy chief of staff to then-Vice President Joe Biden, chief policy officer ... Next Net Media, holding company for various internet businesses, taps Marc Pickren, former adviser to identity verification company BlueCheck, as president ... Edge cloud platform Fastly names Check Point Software Technologies’ Peter Alexander, also ex-Harmonic, chief marketing officer, and Marshall Erwin, ex-Mozilla and former cybersecurity and counterterrorism adviser to Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, chief information security officer; Fastly also promotes Karen Greenstein to general counsel ... Redwire, space infrastructure company, names former Collins Aerospace and NASA executive Allen Flynt senior vice president-space platforms and robotics ... Web3 investment company CoinFund taps TCG Crypto’s Dilveer Vahali as head-venture legal ... UserWay, digital accessibility solutions platform, promotes Shahar Amiel to vice president-growth.
Executive changes at Accenture, all effective Sept. 1: Chief Operating Officer Manish Sharma becomes CEO-North America, succeeding Jimmy Etheredge, retiring but remaining adviser for a transition period; John Walsh, chief strategic accounts and global sales officer, succeeds Sharma as COO; Steve Ferneyhough, lead-sales, Europe, succeeds Walsh; Paul Daugherty becomes chief technology and innovation officer; and Karthik Narain, Accenture’s lead-cloud first, data and AI, succeeds Daugherty as group CEO-technology ... International Data Group names Genevieve Juillard, ex-Experian Marketing Services, CEO, effective Sept. 5 ... Vnet Group, Chinese internet data center services provider, moves Tim Chen to chief strategy officer, and promotes Vice President-Finance Qiyu Wang to replace Chen as chief financial officer ... Bespin Global, South Korean multi-cloud operations management company, promotes U.S. CEO Sunny Kim to corporate-wide CEO ... Public affairs firm Oaktree Solutions hires Daniel Tietz, former New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance commissioner, as COO and managing director-policy ... The Futurum Group, technology advisory, media and research firm, names Honeywell’s Nati Katz its first vice president-strategic communications.
Nexstar adds former Verizon Chief Media Officer Tony Wells to its board, filling seat vacated when Dennis Miller left in October to become CW Network president ... Dun & Bradstreet adds former Google Cloud Americas President Kirsten Kliphouse to its board ... Yahoo Sports names Kendall Baker, ex-Axios Sports, senior writer ... Rivada Space Networks hires former Singtel, AsiaSat and SES executive Donald Chew as vice president-sales, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore ... Enterprise browser company Island names Forescout Technologies’ Steve Tchejeyan president ... Talkdesk adds former Salesforce.com Chief Financial Officer Graham Smith to its board ... Berkeley Research Group names Chris Stangl, ex-section chief in the FBI’s Cyber Division, managing director-cybersecurity and investigations practice in its D.C. office ... Pocket FM, audio streaming app for iOS and Android, promotes Vice President-Finance Anurag Sharma to CFO.
Alphabet promotes Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to Alphabet/Google president-chief investment officer, newly created role, effective Sept. 1 … Kajeet, wireless connectivity provider, promotes Zack Kowalski to chief revenue officer ... Mattel promotes Lisa McKnight to executive vice president-chief brand officer, Josh Silverman to executive vice president-chief franchise officer, and Chris Down to executive vice president-chief design officer; President-CEO Richard Dickson departs Aug. 3 to become Gap president-CEO, effective Aug. 22 ... PublicSq., app and website for connecting “patriotic Americans,” adds former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., to its board, filling seat vacated by EveryLife CEO Caroline Carralero.
Nexstar hires Fox President-Operations and Distribution Michael Biard as president-chief operating officer, effective Aug. 21, replacing Thomas Carter, named senior adviser through year-end expiration of his contract ... President Joe Biden announces his intent to nominate Harry Coker, senior fellow at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, as national cyber director … Avant Technologies appoints Danny Rittman, ex-GBT Technologies, chief information security officer … Loch Technologies, wireless attack surface threat monitoring company, taps AT&T’s Matthew Wickline as vice president-sales ... Toshiba Group moves Kazutoshi Hashimoto to managing director-Toshiba Asia Pacific, succeeding Hiroshi Fukuchi ... KLA, process control company, adds Agilent Technologies CEO Mike McMullen to its board ... EasyVista, IT software provider, names Keith Andes, ex-Gartner, product marketing manager.