Pryor Cashman adds Briana Hill, Simon Pulman and Amy Stein Simonds, all from ex-Cowan DeBaets, as partners in its media and entertainment practice group; Hill and Pulman named group co-heads with James Janowitz ... UM media agency names Sasha Savic, ex-EssenceMediacom, global CEO …Gamelancer Media names former Montreal Canadiens executive Kristopher Mychasiw head-global partnerships and sales ... Pomeroy Technologies names Jayleen Shields, from Adyen, senior vice president-retail, new position.
California Privacy Protection Agency names Lisa Kim, former state deputy attorney general, senior privacy counsel and adviser … TDX Tech names Steve Bennewitz, ex-PwC, chief financial officer … Lumen hires Sham Chotai, ex-General Electric and Hewlett-Packard, as executive vice president-product and technology, and Jay Barrows, also ex-GE, as executive vice president-enterprise sales and public sector; adds responsibilities for Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, who becomes executive vice president-customer experience officer, wholesale and international.
Siris, private equity firm focused on tech companies, promotes Tyler Sipprelle to partner … 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.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., names 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 … New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Joseph Fiordaliso appoints Valarry Bullard, from the New Jersey Governor’s Disaster Recovery Office, as director of newly created Broadband Office … North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) names HUB International’s Kuldip Mohanty North Dakota Information Technology chief information officer, effective Feb. 23.
Logitech names Charles Boynton, ex-Plantronics, chief financial officer, effective Feb. 6; current CFO Nate Olmstead resigns, also effective Feb. 6, but remaining through a transition period; Prakash Arunkundrum promoted to chief operating officer, effective immediately ...
Mayer Brown adds Spencer Glende, ex-Dorsey & Whitney, as a partner and a member of its technology and intellectual property transactions practice and its emerging companies and venture capital practice ... DocuSign names Atlassian’s Robert Chatwani president-general manager-growth, and Anwar Akram, ex-Google, chief operating officer ... Rockwell Automation promotes Shovan Sengupta to regional vice president-market access, Asia Pacific.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) appoints Christian Mirch, a lawyer and former member of the Omaha Police Department, to replace Crystal Rhoades, elected as the Douglas County clerk of the District Court … Riedel promotes Rick Seegull to senior vice president-technology and business development, the Americas ... Bramble, next-generation software company, names former GE CEO Jeff Immelt to advisory board ... Astra adds former FireEye and Autodesk executive Julie Cullivan to its board, effective Wednesday ... Newly added to Salesforce board as independent directors: Arnold Donald, former Carnival president-CEO; Sachin Mehra, Mastercard chief financial officer; and Mason Morfit, ValueAct Capital CEO; current board members Sanford Robertson and Alan Hassenfeld won’t seek re-election at 2023 annual meeting ... The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation announces Jill Maiorano, ex-Microsoft, as president and Grace Hansen, Stellantis, as vice president.
ETC Group names CommScope’s Alper Turken, also former Motorola and Arris, deputy CEO ... Western Union moves Matthew Cagwin to chief financial officer from interim CFO ... Mobile device security platform Zimperium names Bugcrowd’s Sammie Walker chief marketing officer ... Digital identity verification company Prove Identity names Relativity’s Amanda Fennell chief information security officer and chief information officer.
Nokia promotes Esa Niinimaki to chief legal officer … Ericsson advances Jenny Lindqvist to senior vice president-head, market area Europe and Latin America, effective Feb. 1 … Extreme Networks names Cristina Tate, senior vice president-financial planning and analysis, interim CFO; current CFO Remi Thomas resigns, effective Feb. 16, to join a privately held software company ... Forescout Technologies, cybersecurity and compliance company, names Barry Mainz, ex-MobileIron and Wind River Systems, CEO.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) appoints Doyle Webb, former state Republican Party chair, as Arkansas Public Service Commission chair, for term expiring Jan. 14, 2029; he replaces Katie Anderson, continuing as commissioner … National Religious Broadcasters names Michael Farris, from the Alliance Defending Freedom, general counsel … Twilio promotes Adam Jorde to head-government affairs, managing congressional relationships and leading congressional advocacy.