CSRA said the cybersecurity firm hired: Alexandra Veitch, ex-White House, as vice president-government relations; Thomas Doheny, ex-aide to Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., as director-media relations; and Jay Hauck, public affairs and communications consultant, as director-communications/chief marketing officer ... Joining Grant Thornton: John Lainhart, ex-IBM, to Cyber Risk Advisory practice, within Advisory Services, as a senior strategist ... Knowles Corp., micro-acoustic, audio processing and specialty component provider, hires Helmut Vogler, ex-Intel, as senior vice president-global sales, overseeing businesses including mics and intelligent audio ... Syntonic, mobile platform and services provider, appoints Randy Smith, ex-DTS, vice president-corporate and business development.
CTIA promotes Matt Gerst and Jackie McCarthy to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs; Kathryn Dall’Asta is now associate general counsel ... NCTA hires Virginia Zigras, ex-aide to Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., as vice president-government relations ... Charter Communications adds Colleen King, ex-Wiley Rein, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... New title at FTC for ex-NTIA's Juliana Gruenwald (see 1701250073) is public affairs specialist, working on tech and privacy issues ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires as staff technologist Erica Portnoy, ex-Google ... Joining Facebook: Hugo Barra, ex-Xiaomi, to lead all virtual reality efforts, including Oculus team.
Wilkinson Barker hires cybersecurity expert and lawyer Clete Johnson, ex-aide to then-Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and previously at FCC, as partner ... Patent and Trademark Office Press Secretary Paul Fucito promoted to also be acting deputy chief communications officer ... Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld taking sabbatical, starting Friday and ending May 1 ... Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori decided to step down and leave the board, effective in early March; board names director Peter Kern, who worked as a media executive and on mergers and acquisitions, interim CEO.
New America adds ex-White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz as vice president-policy and technology to direct new initiative in public interest technology and to lead the New America National Network, effective April 1 ... SpeedCast hires David Kagan effective in March as chief operating officer from Globalstar, which said separately that effective around then, he leaves as president-COO, will be an adviser and if the job isn't filled, his responsibilities will be assumed by CEO Jay Monroe on an interim basis ... Wireless handset and related device provider SectorSeven adds Todd Montgomery, ex-Verizon Wireless, as president-chief operating officer.
Howard Symons said Friday was his last day as FCC general counsel ... Harris Wiltshire hires Roy Austin, ex-White House Domestic Policy Council, as partner, litigation and data practices ... Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson rejoins Paul, Weiss as partner, Litigation Department ... Akin Gump adds: Kevin Wolf, ex-Bureau of Industry and Security, as partner, international trade practice; he is joined by Steve Emme, ex-aide to then-Assistant Secretary Wolf.
President Donald Trump named Gerrit Lansing, ex-Republican National Committee, deputy assistant to the president and chief digital officer ... Disney/ABC Television promotes Robert Langer to executive vice president-chief financial officer, replacing Peter Seymour, who announced plans to depart in November ... More Nexstar Media Group moves: Steve Daniloff promoted to vice president-general manager, NBC affiliate WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, and associated digital services; Robert Bee, ex-WBRE-TV, promoted to vice president-general manager, WHTM-TV (ABC), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and associated digital services;Patrick Nevin, ex-KASW-TV Phoenix, named vice president-general manager, KOIN-TV (CBS), Portland, Oregon, and associated digital services ... Emmis names James Conner, ex-Emmis Terre Haute, general manager of Network Indiana abc27.com, effective Jan. 30 ... Lobbyist registrations: American Library Association, Jochum Shore, effective Jan. 2 ... Bryan Cave on behalf of Poloniex, a cryptocurrency exchange, American Continental Group, effective Oct. 1 ... Tallasi Technology, Venable, effective Jan. 4.
Cox Enterprises promotions include: Joey Lesesne to senior vice president-public policy and government affairs; for environmental sustainability Keith Mask as vice president and Steve Bradley for assistant vice president; Scott Leazer to assistant vice president-information technology business solutions; Barry Campbell is vice president-aviation; and Don Stryszko named vice president-risk management ... Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council adds author/lawyer Ananda Leeke, ex-Digital Sisterhood Network, as director-digital policy and engagement ... Aspen Institute names John Carlin, ex-DOJ who recently joined Morrison & Foerster (see this section of the Jan. 11 issue of this publication), chairman, cybersecurity and technology program.
Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General and ex-Assistant Attorney General-Antitrust Bill Baer leaves DOJ Friday ... Nexstar Media, which completed buy of Media General (see 1701170068), said: Elizabeth Ryder was promoted to executive vice president-general counsel; Media General's Brett Jenkins was named chief technology officer, a new position at the combined company; Timothy Busch was promoted to president-Nexstar Broadcasting; Brian Jones was named executive vice president-chief operating officer (he was co-COO), reporting to Busch; also elevated at Nexstar Broadcasting are Diane Kniowski, Doug Davis and Mike Vaughn to senior vice presidents-regional managers ... A Wireless appoints George Sherman, ex-Advance Auto Parts, CEO.
President-elect Donald Trump names Reed Cordish, who has directed agency "beachhead" teams, as assistant to the president-intragovernmental and technology initiatives ... Comcast hires Kai Bond, ex-Samsung Accelerator, as principal to lead Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund ... With Univision Holdings and Grupo Televisa working more closely together, Univision said Univision Chief News, Entertainment & Digital Officer/Fusion CEO Isaac Lee was named chief content officer, Univision and Televisa; José Bastón Patiño, who remains on Televisa board, was named president-Televisa International ... Joining Baidu is Qi Lu, ex-Microsoft, as group president-chief operating officer.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's last day at Department of Agriculture was Friday, he said ... McDonald Hopkins announces Intellectual Property Department leadership promotions: Todd Benni to chairman, Patent Practice group; James Dimitrijevs to chairman, Trademark practice group, and he also is vice chairman, Intellectual Property Department; David Movius becomes chairman, Intellectual Property Litigation practice group ... Office of Science and Technology Policy Communications Director-Senior Policy Analyst Kristin Lee's last day at the White House was Friday ... Sequential Technology International hires Kent Mathy, ex-AT&T, as CEO.