AT&T elects Sunshine Products CEO Marissa Mayer, also former Yahoo and Google, to its board ... Alaska Communications hires Jeff Vogt,ex-Actif.AI, also former Cantaloupe, Comcast, Level 3 Communications and AOL, as chief operating officer ... Piper Sandler investment bank promotes Brian White to co-head-technology investment banking, sharing that title with Steven Schmidt; White assumes the role from Nicholas Osborne, newly promoted to chairman-technology investment banking ... LastPass taps Asad Siddiqui, ex-Celigo, also former LinkedIn, as chief information officer ... Mobix Labs, fabless semiconductor company specializing in connectivity technologies for 5G infrastructure and satellite communications, names Chief Technology Officer Jim Aralis to lead new technical advisory board; inaugural board members are Greg Winner, InnoPhase COO; Jay Standiford, longtime engineering executive and consultant; and Frank Thiel, founder of Kolvenier Solutions, technology consulting company.
Lumen Technologies hires Microsoft’s Ryan Asdourian as executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... AMC Entertainment Holdings adds Cars.com Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain, also former Redbox CFO, to its board ... Cybersecurity company Resecurity adds Teisuke Hayano, retired rear admiral in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, to its advisory board.
E.W. Scripps promotes Kate O'Brian to president-news, newly created role ... Airwavz smart building tech provider elevates Perry Welch to chief sales officer ... Snowflake cloud company promotes Sridhar Ramaswamy to CEO and adds him to its board, effective immediately; Frank Slootman retires as CEO, but remains chairman ... Quantum computing company IonQ adds Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president-global sales and customer operations, to its board ... Berns Communications Group hires Hearst Magazines’ Kelly Roma, also former Conde Nast, as senior director-events and partnerships ... Pionaire Podcasting taps Ben Juster, ex-iHeartMedia, as vice president-podcasting operations ... Arlo Technologies, smart home security company, hires former Life360 and Fitbit executive Samir Kapoor as chief technology officer, effective March 11, and names Chief Financial Officer Kurt Binder to additional role of chief operating officer ... Wireless Infrastructure Association hires Karen Groppe, ex-ACT | The App Association, as vice president-communications … SpaceFund announces Kfir founder Sagi Kfir, ex-Blue Origin, as general counsel … Lantronix appoints Calumet Park Advisors’ Kurt Hoff, ex-Synaptics, as vice president-worldwide sales, effective March 4, succeeding Roger Holliday, retiring.
Tegna promotes Tom Cox to chief growth officer, newly created position, and elevates Daniel Spinosa to replace Cox as president of Premion, Tegna’s over-the-top advertising platform ... Nielsen hires Nicolina Marzicola, ex-HP, as chief people officer ... Jonathan Schwantes announces he has left Consumer Reports to become Microsoft director-congressional affairs … FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces composition of Technological Advisory Council, including Dean Brenner, former executive at Qualcomm, as chairman, and names Martin Doczkat, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology's Electromagnetic Compatibility Division, as designated federal officer and Sean Yun, that division’s deputy chief, as the alternate designated federal officer … Qurate Retail Group promotes Stacy Bowe to HSN president, effective immediately, replacing Rob Muller, departing HSN, but remaining an adviser through April ... Mundial Media, minority-owned marketing platform specializing in multicultural audiences, adds Qiana Patterson, managing partner at venture studio Nayah, and Ryan Klinefelter, managing director at venture capital firm Hidden River, to its advisory board ... Enterprise video platform SundaySky hires Synacor’s Marc Zionts as CEO.
Silicon Labs hires Synaptics’ Dean Butler as senior vice president-chief financial officer, effective May 15, succeeding interim CFO Mark Mauldin ... Zayo Group, fiber network infrastructure provider, taps Telstra’s Nikos Katinakis, also former Reliance Jio and Rogers Communications, as chief technology officer ... Digital infrastructure company Equinix names former Microsoft and Intel executive Merrie Williamson executive vice president-chief customer and revenue officer, effective March 25 ... The Economist Group hires Luke Bradley-Jones, former Disney+ general manager-Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as president-managing director, The Economist, and taps Leon Saunders Calvert, ex-ESG Book, as president-managing director, Economist Intelligence, the company’s business information arm ... Deepwatch, managed security platform, hires Deloitte’s Curt Aubley as chief operating officer and chief product officer ... AppLovin adds Barbara Messing, former Roblox chief marketing and communications officer, also ex-Walmart US chief marketing officer, to its board.
Consumer Technology Association advances Kinsey Fabrizio, former senior vice president-CES and membership, to president, as Gary Shapiro relinquishes that title, but continues as CEO … Latham & Watkins announces promotions to partner including Rachel Blitzer and Thomas Yeh, intellectual property litigation, and Patrick English and Peter Todaro, antitrust and competition ... PayPal hires Cash App’s Geoff Seeley as chief marketing officer ... Newly promoted at Music Reports, music rights administration platform: Jason Walker to CEO; Bill Colitre to chief operating officer-general counsel; and Aaron Partington to chief technology officer ... Generative AI company Rohirrim names Michael Popay, retired American Express executive vice president-technology risk and information security, as chairman of its advisory board; other advisory board members: Sam Allen, Tableau; Jack Barufka, Pillsbury Law; Todd Fredrick, Elastio; Ben Levitan, Cedalion Partners; and Craig Reed, Growth Strategy Leaders ... LeoLabs, satellite safety and security company, hires Tony Frazier, ex-Maxar Technologies, as CEO; co-founder and former CEO Dan Ceperley moves to a new chief operations officer role.
CTIA adds Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Nishant Batra to its board ... Lumen Technologies adds Community President-CEO Diankha Linear to its board, expanding it to 12 members ... Glenn Reynolds, ex-ATIS and former NTIA, joins Nokia as vice president-government affairs for North America and head-Washington office ... Bain & Co. promotes Hong Kong partner Jason Ding to managing director-Greater China, effective April 1, succeeding Weiwen Han, returning to his role in Bain's Greater China private equity, consumer products and retail practices ... Nextdoor co-founder Nirav Tolia will return to the company as CEO, president and chair, replacing Sarah Friar in those roles following a transition in Q2.
DOJ taps Princeton University assistant professor Jonathan Mayer as its first chief science and technology adviser and chief AI officer in department’s Office of Legal Policy ... Motorola Solutions adds Ansys’ Nicole Anasenes to its board; she resigned as Ansys chief financial officer and senior vice president-finance, effective Thursday, but remains an Ansys adviser until June 7 ... Kaiber, AI creative lab, hires Ede Schweizer, founder of the 3AM product design studio and a former Amazon, Pinterest, Google and Apple executive, as chief design officer, and Kyt Janae, former Foundation director-collector relations, as head-Kaiber Studio ... New Mitel appointments: Christian Jessel, former Unify head-Central Europe, is tapped as head of newly created dedicated DACH sales region, encompassing Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Simon Skellon, also ex-Unify, rejoins as senior vice president and head-international region, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa, excluding DACH ... Ad agency CourtAvenue hires EyeMagine's Andrew Solmssen, also Turn Technologies adviser, as executive director-telecom, media and technology.
USTelecom appoints Ainslie Lane, from the International Organization for Migration, as manager-government affairs … Jonathan Adelstein, ex-Digital Bridge and former Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO, says he has joined Vertical Bridge, tower and wireless infrastructure provider, as senior adviser … RingCentral adds Prat Bhatt, retired Cisco chief accounting officer, to its board, effective March 1; DocuSign CEO Allan Thygesen to leave RingCentral’s board in Q2 ... Texas Instruments elects Rice University President Reginald DesRoches to its board, effective March 1 ... Talkdesk cloud contractor hires Zscaler’s Albert Caravelli as senior vice president-alliances and partners ... Aqua Comms, provider of global subsea connectivity services, announces immediate departure of CEO Jim Fagan, and names Chief Network Officer Andy Hudson as his acting replacement.
Newly elected to Library of American Broadcasting Foundation board: Tony Coles, president, iHeart Media’s Black Information Network; Caroline Frick, associate media professor, University of Texas at Austin; and Leo MacCourtney, CEO, Katz Television Group ... Mattel promotes Krista Berger to senior vice president-Barbie and head-dolls ... Saviynt, cloud-native identity and security complany, adds current SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten and retired Infoblox CEO Jesper Andersen to its board ... Deeplocal, Carnegie Mellon University engineering, design and creative strategy spinoff, promotes Jakob Marsico to chief technology officer and Lauren Kardos to chief financial officer ... Jumio, identity verification platform, hires Igor Beckerman, ex-Newsela, also former Symantec, as CFO ... Salt Point Strategies, public affairs consulting firm, promotes Jerry Leverich, ex-House staffer, to partner … Nexstar Media moves Chris Pruitt to vice president-general manager, Springfield, Missouri, broadcast and digital operations … Zayo Group adds Verizon Chief Technology Ambassador Nicola Palmer to its board.