Veeam Software data protection provider starts federal government-focused Veeam Government Solutions, hires Earl Matthews, ex-Army and White House, as president to "develop and lead" VGS; names to board Nick Ayers, managing partner of Ayers Neugebauer, Matthews and Gil Vega, Veeam chief information security officer ... NATE appoints Kathy Stieler, ex-ERI Installations, as director-safety, health and compliance, a new post.
Freedom Technologies hires attorney Matthew Ivey, ex-U.S. Navy, as executive legislative counsel-national security and technology, and law school students Elena DeJaco and John Bush as legal associates; promotes Christian Kuzdak to law and policy adviser ... Benton Institute for Broadband & Society names John Horrigan senior fellow; he has contributed to its blog and will lead Benton’s research on Lifeline ... Beacon Global Strategies advances Kristin White and Lauren Bedula to managing directors and White to additional role of chief operating officer ... Autonomous trucking company Plus appoints Tesla’s Lynn Miller as general counsel.
Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies Executive Director Kim Scovill moves to "a supporting role in iCERT," effective Aug. 1 ... Chamber of Progress names K.J. Bagchi, ex-New America’s Open Technology Institute, as senior director-federal public policy; Montana Williams, ex-Public Knowledge, as director-state and local public policy; and Chris MacKenzie, ex-office of Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., as director-communications ...
Rob Alderfer, who led CableLabs technology policy and standards strategy, joins Charter Communications as vice president-technology policy ... Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel also announces FCC retirement (see this section, June 18 issue of this publication) of Wireline Bureau telecom broadband analyst Talmage Cox ... Ofcom appoints Alexa Smart Home International General Manager Sachin Jogia as chief technology officer, effective in October.
During Thursday's commissioners' meeting, acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that FCC retirements include Public Safety Bureau Policy and Licensing Division Chief Michael Wilhelm and Wireless Bureau Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division Assistant Chief Erica Rosenberg; they tell us their last day is June 30; look for an additional retirement in the next issue of this publication ... At FTC, Jen Howard becomes Chair Lina Khan’s chief of staff, moving from that post in the office of Commissioner Rohit Chopra.
Mike O’Rielly, ex-FCC, joins APCO Worldwide as member, International Advisory Council ... Glen Echo Group adds Brad Williamson, ex-Pinkston, as senior director and Danielle Leopold, from Subject Matter, as senior associate; promotes Kylie Fronczak to associate ... Mehlman Castagnetti government affairs firm adds principals including Victoria Flood, ex-aide to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; Flood has worked on broadband, data security, spectrum and oversight of FCC, FTC and NTIA.
Grubhub hires Ashley De Smeth from Uber's Postmates as director-federal affairs and Becca Martin from Cargill as senior director-government affairs, leading state and local government relations ... Ex-DGN Enterprises founder Frank Gerratana from Fish & Richardson joins Mintz Intellectual Property Practice as member and has worked on issues including cryptocurrency and blockchain, social media and internet applications, and autonomous vehicles ... Ex-Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist , who worked on AI and cybersecurity, joins Covington’s Aerospace, Defense and National Security industry group as senior adviser.
At Wilkinson Barker, Debrea Terwilliger from Public Utilities Commission of Nevada rejoins the law firm as partner ... GPS Impact hires Sally Aman, ex-USTelecom, as chief communications officer, and Teresa Chaurand, "working to advance representation of Latinos" in the Biden administration, as the public affairs firm's principal and senior adviser.
Twitter hires Morgan Butler, ex-digital director for House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., as engagement and outreach manager-public policy ... Progressive Policy Institute hires Jack Karsten from Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation as managing director, PPI Innovation Frontier Project ... Commons Project Foundation names Minerva Tantoco, ex-New York City chief technology officer who then co-founded Grasshopper Bank, as chief operating officer of the trust that runs "digital platforms and services for the common good."
Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force leaders are Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; National Economic Council Deputy Director Sameera Fazili says of the group that it will "tackle near-term bottlenecks in the semiconductor" and other industries; President Joe Biden signed a February chip supply and related executive order (see our new report here).