Lobbyist registrations: Fiber Technology Corp., Grassroots Political Consulting, effective Nov. 21 ... electronics and software firm Harman International, The Kutler Group, effective Nov. 15 ... Lumina Analytics, Holland & Knight, effective Oct. 28.
Jonathan Markman, ex-Fletcher Heald, joins Mintz Levin as associate, specializing in wireless and drone issues ... Coming to Herman & Whiteaker is Clare Liedquist, ex-SmartLink, as an associate; she focuses on issues including wireless ... PwC hires Jocelyn Aqua, ex-DOJ National Security Division, as a principal-technology, information, communications, media and entertainment industry practice, working on cybersecurity and privacy ... TSN Advertising hires Ben Kogus, ex-GAF, as chief operating officer ... Discovery Communications elevates at Discovery Networks International Michael Lang to president-international development, digital and Discovery Nordics.
FCC Press Secretary Kim Hart leaving the commission effective Dec. 2 to become tech editor of the future publication of the to-be-named media company started by some alumni from Politico, where she used to work; those alumni include Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei ... Returning to Tegna is Richard Dyer, ex-Hearst Television, hired as president-general manager, WUSA Washington, effective Jan. 2; and broadcaster promotes Alicia Elsner to president-general manager, KSDK St. Louis ... New York Times Co. elevates Diane Brayton to general counsel, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Kenneth Richieri, retiring effective Dec. 31 ... Quixey, deep mobile search provider, adds John Foster, ex-Zed USA, as CEO and a board member.
TechNet moves Andrea Deveau to vice president-state policy and politics, succeeding John Doherty ... Retiring from FCC are: Bobby Brown, program analyst, Wireless Bureau Technologies, Systems and Innovation Division; Sandra Faulk, International Bureau administrative management specialist; and Gloria Miles, information specialist and Federal Register liaison officer, Office of the Secretary ... Joining Endgame is Donald Saelinger, ex-Opower, as senior vice president-general counsel ... Nuance Communications says board extended contract of Chairman-CEO Paul Ricci through the first half of FY 2018; Executive Vice President-Worldwide Sales Bill Robbins leaves company, plans unannounced.
Open Society Foundations says it gave a leadership in government fellowship, a new initiative, to eight people including Gigi Sohn, counselor to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler; she will use it for "multi-platform storytelling techniques to help demonstrate how public policy can improve access to communications networks, new technology, and media for communities too often left behind in the digital age"; the fellowship is January 2017-January 2018; Sohn leaves the commission, effective by year's end, an agency spokesman told us ... Retiring from AMC Networks is Ellen Kroner, executive vice president-chief communications officer, effective at year's end, succeeded by Georgia Juvelis and Jim Maiella, both promoted to senior vice presidents/co-heads of corporate communications starting in 2017 ... Salem Media Group promotes Jeff Mitchell to general manager, stations in Dallas.
ZTE adds Matthew Bell, ex-Kellogg Brown & Root, as chief export compliance officer-legal counsel, and chief compliance officer-legal counsel, ZTE USA ... 21st Century Fox welcomes to Fox Sports Terri Hines, ex-Nike, as executive vice president-communications, over multiple platforms, effective Dec. 5 ... A Wireless, operator of Verizon-branded retail stores, hires Michael Moore, ex-Lowes Foods, as chief customer officer ... Sharp Electronics Corp. promotes Mike Marusic to chief operating officer, SEC, and executive vice president-marketing, B2B sector, and Moonsun Park to vice president-SEC controller ... Cobalt Digital promotes Robert McAlpine to CEO.
National Venture Capital Association appoints Charlotte Savercool, ex-aide on the House Communications Subcommittee, director-government affairs ... Scripps Networks promotes executives to newly created leadership roles across U.S. networks business: Allison Page to general manager-U.S. programming and development; Julie Taylor to senior vice president-program planning and strategy, U.S. networks; and Shannon Jamieson Driver, to general manager-U.S. brand marketing ... NetComm Wireless elevates Sergio Berriz to senior vice president-engineering, new position ...
Wilkinson Barker hires Tony Clark, ex-Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner and previously on the North Dakota Public Service Commission, where he was active in NARUC, as senior adviser at the law firm, effective Jan. 3 ... Comcast said it moved Kathy Kelly-Brown to senior vice president-strategic initiatives, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal, succeeding Maggie McLean Suniewick, recently promoted to president, NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises, new position ... VimpelCom appoints to Group Executive Committee: Mark MacGann, ex-Uber, named group chief external affairs officer, leading newly combined functions of Communications, Corporate, Regulatory and Government Affairs; and Jeffrey Hedberg, ex-CEO of VimpelCom’s Pakistan subsidiary Mobilink, becomes group chief people officer.
DLA Piper's new UAS Practice Group is: Ray LaHood, senior policy adviser, government affairs; Saxby Chambliss, partner, government affairs; Mike Senkowski, among those DLA recently hired from Wiley Rein, chairman, telecom; Steven Phillips, co-chairman, federal law and policy; Carl Poedtke, partner, litigation; Matt Grosack, associate, litigation; Nat Bell, senior policy adviser, government affairs; and Michael Lewis, also ex-Wiley Rein, as senior engineering adviser, intellectual property and technology ... In newly formed Dolan Family Ventures (see this section in the Nov. 8 issue) buying Analytics Media Group, and starting 605 set-top box/audience analytics business, it said that Kristin Dolan named founder-CEO, 605; Ben Tatta, like Dolan, ex-Cablevision, which now is owned by Altice, named co-founder-president, 605; and AMG founder-Chief Revenue Officer Chauncey McLean named executive vice president-client solutions, 605.
E.W. Scripps names Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson to newly created position of chief operating officer, and it says President-CEO Rich Boehne will retire during the second half of 2017 and then remain chairman; at that time, Symson is expected to further advance to CEO; Scripps meanwhile adds Chris Way, ex-Lakana, as vice president-general manager, KMTV Omaha, effective Nov. 28 ... Cox Media Group moves Vice President-General Manager Greg Bilte to that role at KIRO-TV Seattle, effective Dec. 5 and succeeding Jay O’Connor, who said this summer he is leaving the company ... Ride Television Network, in buying production company F2 Media, said F2 co-owner Nathan Fletcher joins Ride as vice president-production.