Comcast's sports and entertainment company, Comcast Spectacor, names Daniel Hilferty CEO; he recently chaired Philadelphia’s successful bid to be a FIFA World Cup 2026 host city ... Shipt names Target’s Amy Benson chief people and community officer ... Cloud contact center platform Ujet promotes Kristin King to chief customer officer, newly created role ... Customer engagement software company EngageSmart names former Hewlett Packard Enterprise executive Mark Daoust chief customer officer-enterprise solutions ... Abridge, AI-powered medical documentation company, taps Zachary Lipton, former Amazon AI research scientist, as chief scientific officer ... Digital.ai promotes Derek Holt to CEO, succeeding Stephen Elop, who returns to the role of executive chairman ... Movado Group promotes Margot Grinberg to president-Movado brand, and senior vice president-e-commerce; former Movado Brand President Alan Chinich, will continue as Movado Group president-North American region, responsible for all Movado brands.

Neville Ray plans to retire as T-Mobile president-technology by fall; current Executive Vice President-Chief Network Officer Ulf Ewaldsson will assume the role after Ray departs ... Electric vehicle company Rivian Automotive names Stanford University’s Michael Callahan, also former LinkedIn general counsel, chief legal officer ... Security automation company Torq taps Splunk’s Josh Morris as senior vice president-worldwide sales and Pax8's Don Jeter as chief marketing officer ... USIC, provider of utility damage prevention services, names Lumen’s Richard Batelaan, also ex-AT&T, chief operating officer ... Smart access solutions company Chamberlain Group names Dan Phillips, ex-Hulu, chief technology officer ... NTIA promotes Russ Hanser to associate administrator-policy analysis and development, and hires DOD's Amanda Toman to head new Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.

PayPal says President-CEO Dan Schulman plans to retire year-end, remain on its board … Booz Allen promotes Andrew Turner to head-global commercial business ... Skyworks Solutions adds former NFL Chief Operating Officer Maryann Turcke, also ex-Bell Canada Enterprises, to its board ... American Fair Credit Council names Yolanda Schufford, Beyond Finance chief communications and public affairs officer, to its executive board ... Lam Research appoints Ho Kyu Kang, former Samsung Electronics executive vice president, to its board ... Nordson precision technology company names Raytheon’s Sarah Siddiqui executive vice president-chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 20, succeeding Shelly Peet, who plans to retire in March ... Rokt, e-commerce technology company, taps Grubhub’s Noel Curtis as senior vice president-engineering, and former Amazon executive John Walzer to lead Rokt's new Seattle Development Center ... Ovative Group, a media and measurement firm, names Eric Gohs, ex-Ascena, vice president-consulting … Anti-fraud web3 company Eleos Labs launches with team including Gennady Medvinsky, from Ethlas, as technical adviser; Wui Ngiap Foo, ex-Grab, as group adviser; They're joined by Ben Livshits, former CEO-Zilliqa Research, as scientific adviser.

Apple hires Medtronic’s Carol Surface as chief people person, newly created position … Waymo promotes Amar Mehta to chief legal officer … Rockwell Automation elects Alice Jolla, Microsoft chief accounting officer-corporate vice president, to its board ... Tom Kingsbury resigns from BJ’s Wholesale Club board after becoming Kohl’s CEO; BJ’s will name a replacement “in due course,” in addition to one for the board seat recently vacated by Judy Werthauser; Kohl’s names Joules Group’s Nick Jones, also ex-Walmart, chief merchandising and digital officer, reporting directly to Kingsbury, effective in March ... Newly promoted at e-discovery platform KLDiscovery: Krystina Jones to chief revenue officer; Oscar Vega to executive vice president-global sales and marketing; Anthony DeJohn to executive vice president-product, design and data science; Dan Clarkin to senior vice president-global managed review services; and Lindsey Hammond to senior vice president-global talent ... CyberArk founder and Chairman-CEO Udi Mokady moves to executive chair, effective April 3, when Chief Operating Officer Matthew Cohen succeeds him as CEO and joins CyberArk board ... Florida Polytechnic University names former Florida state Sen. Kelli Stargel (R) senior adviser-strategic relationships.

CrowdStrike promotes Chief Technology Officer Michael Sentonas to president ... Identity Defined Security Alliance names Jeff Reich, ex-Cloud Security Alliance, executive director, and elects nine new members to its executive advisory board, including Atos’ Allen Moffett; BeyondTrust’s Morey Haber; CyberArk’s Joanne Wu; and VMware’s Rahul Parwani; newly added to IDSA’s expanded customer advisory board: Comcast’s Rajnish Bhatia, TikTok’s Douglas Rose and Target’s Tom Sheffield ... Marcus Theatres names former Regal Entertainment and Cinemark executive Steve Bunnell executive vice president-content strategy, effective March 6, succeeding Sonny Gourley, retiring ... Laika Studios taps Matt Levin, former Netflix director-original independent film, as president-live-action film and series, newly created role ... Taqtile, industrial augmented reality software platform, names Craig Olson, ex-SteelSeries, chief operating officer ... PointsKash, developer of a loyalty rewards points mobile app, adds Spencer Mandell, former Facebook and Instagram creative director, to its advisory board ... Trusted payments and identities platform Entrust names One Identity’s Bhagwat Swaroop president-digital security solutions ... Skybox Security taps Mordecai Rosen, ex-Digital Guardian, as CEO ... California Public Utilities Commission confirms John Reynolds, former managing counsel at Cruise self-driving car company, as commissioner.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise promotes HPE Financial Services Chief Operating Officer Gerri Gold to that division’s CEO, succeeding Irv Rothman, retiring … Apiiro cloud security company names Moti Gindi, ex-Microsoft, chief product officer … Advanced Systems Group, tech and services provider for media creatives and content owners, adds Jan Mitsumori, ex-Workflow Intelligence Nexus, as inside sales representative ... President Joe Biden announces intent to appoint to President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee: Chair Scott Charney, Microsoft vice president-security policy; Jeffrey Storey, retired president-CEO, Lumen Technologies; Johnathon Caldwell, general manager, Lockheed Martin’s military space business; Mark Dankberg, Viasat chairman-CEO; Noopur Davis, Comcast chief information security and product privacy officer; Barbara Humpton, Siemens CEO; Kimberly Keever, Cox CISO; Kyle Malady, Verizon president-global networks and technology; Kevin Mandia, Google Cloud’s Mandiant CEO; Maria Martinez, Cisco chief operating officer; Jeff McElfresh, AT&T CEO; Bryan Palma, Trellix CEO; Neville Ray, T-Mobile president-technology; and Corey Thomas, Rapid7 CEO ... Voxx International names largest shareholder Beat Kahli president, remaining co-vice chairman.

Pryor Cashman adds Briana Hill, Simon Pulman and Amy Stein Simonds, all ex-Cowan DeBaets, as partners in its media and entertainment practice group; Hill and Pulman named group co-heads with James Janowitz ... Remote work platform Andela names GitLab’s Darren Murph vice president-workplace design and remote experience, newly created role ... Marchex, AI-powered sales engagement platform, taps Gemspring Capital’s Edwin Miller as CEO, and promotes Chief Operating Officer Ryan Polley to additional role of president ... Diebold Nixdorf elects President-CEO Octavio Marquez chairman, succeeding Gary Greenfield, who won't seek re-election at 2023 annual meeting ... Gamelancer Media names former Montreal Canadiens executive Kristopher Mychasiw head-global partnerships and sales ... UM media agency names Sasha Savic, ex-EssenceMediacom, global CEO … Pomeroy Technologies names Jayleen Shields, from Adyen, senior vice president-retail, new position … General Dynamics elects Richard Clarke, retired Army general, director.

Equifax elects former Randstad North America CEO Karen Fichuk to its board ... BJ’s Wholesale Club announces resignation of Judy Werthauser from its board, replacement to be named “in due course”; Werthauser, ex-Five Below, recently joined Walmart U.S. as chief people officer ... Bravo Mondo, new media and industry growth capital firm founded by former Viacom and AOL executive Dermot McCormack, adds Outside Interactive’s Amy DuBois Barnett, ex-Paramount and Disney, as senior adviser ... Kohl’s names board member Tom Kingsbury CEO; he was interim CEO since Dec. 2 ... Iteris, smart mobility infrastructure company, hires Romeo Power’s Kerry Shiba as senior vice president-chief financial officer, replacing Doug Groves, who remains adviser for four months.

Etsy names former Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, from Latham & Watkins, chief legal officer-corporate secretary, effective Feb. 14 ... Lidar company AEye taps former Harman International executive Matt Fisch as CEO and board member, effective Feb. 13, to succeed departing CEO Blair LaCorte, remaining on AEye’s advisory board ... Hotwire Global Communications promotes Heather Craft to CEO-North America, and Laura Macdonald to chief growth officer ... Smallsat rideshare company Spaceflight names Tiphaine Louradour, ex-International Launch Services, CEO, succeeding Curt Blake, who will consult for Mitsui & Co.’s space group after a transition ... Casual games company Playstudios adds Playtika’s Mickey Sonnino as chief operating officer.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., names former FCC chief of staff to then-Chairman Ajit Pai Matthew Berry, also ex-Akin Gump and ex-FCC general counsel, as House general counsel, succeeding Douglas Letter, now chief legal officer for Brady: United Against Gun Violence … Microsoft appoints Miki Tsusaka, from Boston Consulting Group, president-Microsoft Japan, succeeding interim President Ahmed Mazhari, who continues as president-Microsoft Asia … WCO Spectrum names former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, from the Hudson Institute, vice chairman ... Rockwell Automation promotes Bob Buttermore to senior vice president-chief supply chain officer, effective Feb. 13 ... Cybersecurity company Bridge Security Advisors names Brian Jeffords, ex-Verizon, chief revenue officer ... Cision announces Cali Tran as CEO, replacing Platinum Equity Managing Director Brandon Crawley, who became interim CEO after Platinum's Cision buy; Tran also is CEO-Cision's Brandwatch.