Comcast names Anand Kini executive vice president-corporate strategy in addition to continuing as NBCUniversal chief financial officer, succeeding Geoff Sands, who becomes senior adviser ... Finnegan announces Lynn Parker Dupree, former Department of Homeland Security chief privacy officer, as partner to lead firm’s newly formed privacy practice … LPTV Broadcasters Association appoints lobbyist and former broadcast executive Preston Padden as chief strategist and board member … Ericsson says Laurie Waddy is leaving as chief compliance officer; Jan Sprafke, head of compliance-Europe and Latin America, becomes interim CCO … Aura Network Systems names Starry’s Brian Regan, ex-FCC, chief legal and regulatory officer … Check Point Software Technologies names Nataly Kremer, from AT&T, chief product officer-head of R&D, moves Dorit Dor to chief technology officer and promotes Rupal Hollenbeck to president … InCoax Networks appoints board member Alf Eriksson, ex-Ericsson, as chief product and portfolio officer … Juniper Networks and Rubrik join BSA|The Software Alliance with Juniper Senior Vice President-General Counsel Rob Mobassaly and Rubrik Chief Legal Officer Peter McGoff becoming their respective companies’ representatives to BSA board.
Hearst promotes Hearst Television President Jordan Wertlieb to Hearst corporate executive vice president-chief operating officer, effective May 1, succeeding Mark Aldam, stepping down but remaining executive vice president to help with transition until Nov. 1, then becoming executive at large and special adviser to the CEO; Michael Hayes, Hearst Television chief operating officer, succeeding Wertlieb as Hearst senior vice president and Hearst Television president … Enterprise telecommunications company GeoLinks names Verizon’s Hannah Shahriyari director-sales ... Neil Hendin, Google hardware engineering manager-ChromeOS hardware team, named to represent Google on MIPI Alliance board as new promoter member ... Digital advertising platform Smartly.io hires Snap’s Brett Wein, also ex-Facebook, as chief sales officer ... Internet intelligence company DomainTools adds Chad Bacher, ex-Webroot and Malwarebytes, as chief product officer ... InQuest, file detection and response company, names former Meta security engineer Darren Spruell chief intelligence officer ... Axiad, passwordless orchestration company, taps Anomali’s Jon Skoglund as chief financial officer, replacing Thomas Jahn, retiring.
Vizio adds former Best Buy President-Chief Operating Officer Mike Mohan to its board ... Marketing communications agency The Bliss Group promotes Cortney Stapleton to CEO ... Mobile games platform Skillz names Alvin Lobo, ex-Score Media and Gaming, chief financial officer; Jason Roswig, who joined Skillz in August as president-CFO, will now be president ... Ipsos taps Brandwatch’s Michelle Vangel as senior vice president and head-Social Intelligence Analytics + Synthesio practice in North America ... CJ 4Dplex, producer of premium film formats and cinema technologies, names RealD’s Bobbie Andrews senior vice president-managing director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa ... Software platform Appian names Mark Dillon, ex-Quickbase, senior vice president-global partners organization ... Leidos taps Rolls-Royce North America Chairman-CEO Thomas Bell as CEO, expected to be effective May 3, succeeding Roger Krone, who will retire as chairman at 2023 annual meeting, and as CEO when Bell's appointment becomes effective, but will remain a fully employed adviser through July; board expects to appoint Robert Shapard independent, nonexecutive chair after 2023 annual meeting and to nominate Bell to a board seat ... Multiplatform media company a360media names Dotdash Meredith’s Andy Wilson executive vice president-chief digital officer ... Merchandise agency Bensussen Deutsch & Associates promotes Rob Martin to chief experience officer ... Internet infrastructure company Evocative promotes Derek Garnier to CEO, succeeding founder Arman Khalili, who remains on Evocative’s board.
Web3 compliance company Astra Protocol adds former Samsung Electronics President-Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn to its advisory board ... Intuit promotes Sandeep Singh Aujla to chief financial officer, effective Aug. 1, succeeding CFO Michelle Clatterbuck, retiring July 31 ... Canadian fiber and broadband company Xplore names Chairman Francis Shammo interim president-CEO, replacing Allison Lenehan, moving to senior adviser ... Newly promoted at Blackline Safety, connected safety technology platform: Chief Growth Officer Sean Stinson to additional role of president; Chief Marketing Officer Christine Gillies becomes chief product and marketing officer; Vice President-People Services Meaghan Whitney advances to chief people officer; and co-founder Brendon Cook takes on new role of chief information officer; Chief Technology Officer Brian Sweeney departs, his duties and teams re-aligned within new leadership structure.
Altice USA announces Marc Sirota, ex-Comcast, as chief financial officer, effective March 1 when current CFO Michael Grau leaves, becoming senior adviser to CEO Dennis Mathew until early July; Leroy Williams, ex-Samsung Electronics America, as executive vice president-chief growth officer; David Williams, also ex-Comcast, as executive vice president-chief revenue officer, succeeding Matthew Grover, moving to senior adviser through June before retiring; and promotes Shuvankar Roy to executive vice president-chief customer experience officer ... Sinclair’s Diamond Sports Group names David DeVoe, ex-21st Century Fox, chief operating officer-chief financial officer, and Eric Ratchman, ex-Amazon, president-distribution and business development, newly created role ... Belden promotes Brian Lieser to executive vice president-industrial automation solutions, succeeding Ashish Chand, newly appointed president-CEO and added to the board to replace Roel Vestjens, departed.
Comcast’s FreeWheel promotes David Dworin to chief product officer and Quentin SaLay to head-human resources ... Future Publishing names Jon Steinberg, ex-Altice USA News and Advertising Division, CEO, effective April 3, replacing Zillah Byng-Thorne, leaving March 31, followed by two-month transition period ... Tripadvisor promotes Sanjay Raman to chief product officer and Kristen Dalton to chief operating officer ... Data protection platform Veeam names Barracuda Networks’ Dustin Driggs, also ex-Cisco, chief financial officer, succeeding Chuck Garner, leaving Veeam ... Workiva promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Julie Iskow to CEO, effective April 1; Marty Vanderploeg, moving from CEO to nonexecutive chair ... Autonomous cybersecurity platform SentinelOne names Splunk’s Jane Wong senior vice president-product management, and Lana Knop, also ex-Splunk, vice president-product management.
Mastercard moves Karen Griffin to chief risk officer and Jennifer Rademaker to chief future of work officer, both newly created roles ... Sierra Space taps former Amazon and SpaceX executive Paul Thomas for dual role as senior vice president-general manager, space applications sector, and as chief technology officer ... Deepwatch, managed detection and response security platform, names Cofense’s Mel Wesley, also ex-Comscore, chief financial officer ... Asana hires Salesforce’s Shannon Sullivan Duffy, also ex-Facebook, as chief marketing officer, and Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, also former Salesforce, as head-customer experience ... Rubicon Technologies names Kevin Schubert CFO in addition to his current responsibilities as president, replacing Jevan Anderson, leaving CFO role.
FTC names Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen to head agency’s new Office of Technology ... Harmonic names Senior Vice President-Business Development Jeremy Rosenberg interim chief financial officer, effective with March 3 departure of current CFO Sanjay Kalra ... Texas Instruments elects Comerica Chairman-President-CEO Curtis Farmer to its board, effective April 1 ... Remote litigation platform Calloquy names former Relay Payments Vice President-General Counsel Brie Buchanan vice president-chief legal officer ... Cognex, supplier of machine vision products for manufacturing and distribution, adds Athena Ventures Chairman Angelos Papadimitriou to its board; Theodor Krantz and Patrick Alias to retire from the board when their terms expire May 3, reducing the board to seven members ... Pactum, provider of autonomous negotiations technology, names UiPath’s Sarah Alper CFO ... Cass Information Systems promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Martin Resch to president-CEO, and adds him to its board; current CEO Eric Brunngraber moves to executive chairman, both effective April 18 ... Digital shelf analytics platform PriceSpider names Ascential Digital Commerce’s Tom Schutz, also former Experian, chief sales officer.
Comcast promotes Sophia Marshall to senior vice president-communications, Central Division, headquartered in Atlanta ... Sprinklr, customer experience management platform, promotes Jacob Scott to general counsel-corporate secretary, effective March 16, replacing Dan Haley, leaving after March 15 ... Ad.net adds former Meredith National Media Group President Catherine Levene to its board ... Sales engagement platform Groove names Patrick Neise, former director-operations, NSA Red Team, chief information security officer ... Cyber deception company Acalvio Technologies appoints retired Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, former Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman, to chair its newly formed federal advisory board ... QuSecure, supplier of post-quantum cybersecurity enterprise software, adds Intelsat Chairwoman Lisa Hammitt to its board as its first independent director ... Cinemark founder Lee Roy Mitchell leaves the board, succeeded by Kevin Mitchell as a Mitchell Investors board designee ... FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirement of Wireline Bureau Deputy Chief Diane Holland after 25 years with the agency … NAB promotes Alex Siciliano to senior vice president-communications … YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says she’s leaving the company; Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan to succeed her as CEO.
Wilkinson Barker promotes to partners: Amy Fliam, focusing on the technology, energy, and communications sectors; and Brett Johnson, who represents companies in the cybersecurity and communications tech spaces ... Strava, connected fitness subscription platform, names former Twitter Vice President-Product Design Anita Patwardhan Butler its first chief design officer ... 3D printing technology company Carbon names Karrie Rexford, ex-Align Technology and Wilson Sonsini, senior vice president-general counsel ... Viral Nation, social media technology and services company, promotes Rob Curcio to chief financial officer; new Viral Nation hires are Scott Leatherman, ex-Veritone, as chief marketing officer; Rodman Likes, ex-Salesforce, as head-SaaS revenue; and Joana Oliveira, ex-Key Data, as senior vice president-people and culture ... Abacode, managed cybersecurity and compliance provider, names Anil Markose, ex-Amazon Web Services, chief strategy officer ... Data protection company TrueFort taps BitSight’s Scott Schneider as chief revenue officer ... Assent, supply chain sustainability management company, names Mitek’s Aaron Korsen senior vice president-sales, North America ... Identity theft protection company Idiq adds former NBA CMO Pam El to its board as its first independent director ... Cybercrimes analytics company SpyCloud promotes Ronak Patel to chief technology officer and Heather Smith to CMO; Patel replaces co-founder Alen Puzic, who moves to chief information officer.