Alaska Communications hires former Comcast executive Matthew McConnell as president-CEO ... Entertainment company TMB names Joseph Moschella senior vice president-general counsel; Moschella previously was general counsel of Jukin Media, which TMB acquired in 2021 ... Robert Puentes stepping down as president and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation … Ikotek, IoT original design manufacturer, hires Mathi Gurusamy, former president of Telit Cinterion’s IoT solutions division, as chief operating officer ... Spectra7, supplier of analog semiconductors for broadband connectivity, names its retired former Chief Financial Officer David Mier interim CFO; company previously announced that current CFO Bonnie Tomei will take a personal leave of absence effective Dec. 1 ... Website accessibility platform UserWay promotes Sophia Tupolev-Luz to vice president-communications, and hires Growthspace’s Etay Geller, also former Minute Media, as vice president-product ...

Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (see 2311170065), with Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati becoming interim CEO, the board announces … Ziff Davis adds GroupM North America CEO Kirk McDonald to its board; McDonald was chief business officer at WarnerMedia’s Xandr when it was part of AT&T ... NetApp adds Zebra Technologies Executive Chair Anders Gustafsson to its board, expanding it to 10 members.

Mattel hires Michelle Mendelovitz, ex-HiddenLight Productions and also former Disney’s 20th Television and Apple TV+, as head-Mattel Television Studios ... NARUC elects North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak as president; Georgia PSC Commissioner Tricia Pridemore, first vice president; and Washington Utilities and Transportation Commissioner Ann Rendahl, second vice president … Regulatory Commission of Alaska Commissioner Robert Doyle becomes chairman … Collective Audience, digital media advertising company, adds Elisabeth DeMarse, former chair-CEO at TheStreet, and onetime Bloomberg chief marketing officer, to its board.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirement of Wireless Competition Bureau's Joseph Sorresso; Commissioner Anna Gomez hires Harsha Mudaliar, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, as policy adviser … The FCC’s newly created Office of International Affairs (see 2311150062) announces leadership team, including for front office: Jared Carlson, Nese Guendelsberger and Thomas Sullivan as deputy chiefs; Michele Wu-Bailey, assistant chief-chief of staff; and Olga Madruga-Forti as special counsel; for Telecommunications and Analysis Division: Denise Coca, chief; Francis Gutierrez, deputy chief; and David Krech, assistant chief; and for Global Strategies and Negotiation Division: David Hu, acting chief; and Roxanne McElvane-Webber, deputy chief.

America’s Public Television Stations elects former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, to its board of trustees for a three-year term as an at-large member, effective Feb. 24 ... Cox Enterprises hires VF Corp.’s Craig Hodges as senior vice president-corporate affairs, replacing Bob Jimenez, retiring at year-end ... Aviat Networks, wireless transport solutions company, adds Cognite Chief Delivery Officer Laxmi Akkaraju to its board, replacing Jim Stoffel, retiring ... New York Times Co. adds Bumble Chief Financial Officer Anuradha Subramanian, also former Scripps Networks, to its board ... Virgin Galactic adds Luigi Brambilla, Virgin Group managing director-investments and capital markets, to its board, filling seat vacated by the death in June of Evan Lovell ... IoT platform LocatorX names Octo’s Laura Garrison chief technology officer ... MacStadium, private Mac cloud provider, hires Domino Data Labs’ Kenneth Tacelli as president-CEO, succeeding co-founder Gregory McGraw, moving to executive chair ...

Dish Network names Hamid Akhavan president-CEO in addition to his current role as EchoStar president-CEO ... Intelsat taps Raytheon’s David Broadbent as president-government solutions ... Entravision hires Jack Randall, ex-T-Mobile Advertising Solutions, as executive vice president-political and strategic sales ... Comcast promotes Shawn Adamson to Senior Vice President-Comcast Business for Comcast Cable’s northeast division ... HWG adds former FCC General Counsel Sean Lev as a partner ... Named Latham & Watkins partners: Blake Davis and Brett Sandford, intellectual property litigation; Alicia Jovais, antitrust and competition; and Liliana Ranger, entertainment, sports and media; promoted to counsel: Allison Harms, intellectual property litigation; and Max Mazzelli, connectivity, privacy and information … Chamber of Progress adds Todd O'Boyle, ex-Twitter, as senior director-technology policy ... Charge Enterprises, broadband infrastructure and telecom company, promotes Matthew Chee to senior vice president-growth ... Social networking platform eResonate adds rock artist manager Doc McGhee to its advisory board ... Grindr, social network for LGBTQ+ community, taps Lyft’s Tolu Adeofe as director-investor relations ... Marketing consultancy Creativ Strategies hires Biz 3's Sara Yazdani, also formerly with the Recording Academy and Disney, as director-media and entertainment PR.

Jamie Barnett, Viasat’s vice president-global communications solutions, ex-FCC, says he’s leaving the company, continuing as adjunct professor in the University of Mississippi Center for Intelligence and Security Studies …Tegna hires Vox Media’s Lauren Fisher, also former Hulu, as senior vice president-chief legal officer, effective Nov. 27 ... Anterix, 900 MHz licensed spectrum holder, taps Wassim Akhdar, former GE Digital Energy, Sentient Energy and Varentec executive, as senior vice president-product and innovation ... Aptum, cloud solutions provider, hires Michael Stephens, ex-Rackspace Technology and ex-CenturyLink, as vice president-partnerships and strategic alliances, EOS Network Foundation’s Patty Fisher as vice president-marketing and David Long, ex-Dell Technologies, as vice president-North America sales; Aptum also promotes Marc Pare to vice president-product from general manager-advisory and consulting services ... Integral Ad Science names Kumaresh Singh, ex-Meta, senior vice president-data science.

Washington State Broadband Office Director Mark Vasconi announces his retirement, effective Dec. 31; Deputy Director Erika Henry will be interim director ... Skyhawk Security appoints Appgate’s Barry Field as chief revenue officer … Family entertainment company WildBrain hires eOne’s Nick Gawne as chief financial officer; named to new WildBrain executive vice president roles in senior management team realignment are Stephanie Betts, content creation; Kate Smith, audience engagement; and Maarten Weck, global partnerships and licensing.

Satellite Industry Association appoints, Aline McNaull, ex-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, as director-policy … Cox Enterprises moves Vice President Amber Hall to chief compliance and privacy officer ... CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures announces John Kelly, from ABC, as vice president-data journalism, heading newly structured data journalism team, effective Monday … Quickplay cloud providers hires Endemol Shine Group’s Wim Ponnet, also ex-Yahoo, for new European office as president-Europe, Middle East and Africa.

America’s Public Television Stations names Michelle Shanahan, ex-NPR, general counsel … USTelecom names Mariah Wollweber, ex-National Association of Wheat Growers, as senior director-communications … NAB hires Karen Chupka, ex-Consumer Technology Association, to succeed Chris Brown (see 2307100054) as managing director-executive vice president, global connections and events, effective Jan. 1.