Technology Policy Institute elevates Scott Wallsten to president, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Thomas Lenard, who remains at TPI as senior fellow and president emeritus ... Viacom, settling disputes involving Redstone family and related parties, said that Philippe Dauman resigned as president-CEO; Thomas Dooley, chief operating officer, becomes interim president-CEO through Sept. 30; Dauman is non-executive chairman through Sept. 13; Sumner Redstone remains chairman emeritus and Shari Redstone non-executive vice chairwoman; and Redstones' National Amusements Inc. elects (see 1606160017) to Viacom board Kenneth Lerer, Thomas May, Judith McHale, Ron Nelson and Nicole Seligman.
Cowen and Co. hires Paul Gallant, ex-Guggenheim Securities, as managing director-technology, media and telecom policy analyst ... YP hires Jared Rowe, ex-Cox Enterprises, as CEO, effective Sept. 1 ... Evine Live said it named Chairman-interim CEO Bob Rosenblatt permanent CEO; he remains on board; he's succeeded as chairman by Vice Chairman Landel Hobbs, LCH Enterprises and ex-Time Warner Cable and AOL Time Warner ... General Cable said it's adding Juan Mogollon, ex-Tyco International, as senior vice president-Latin America; General Cable Executive Vice President/President-CEO, Americas Gregory Lampert to leave to pursue other opportunities; and company President-CEO Michael McDonnell takes on direct responsibility for North America business.
White House names Tim Wu, on leave from Columbia Law School, to advise it on "matters related to competition in the economy" ... Frontier Communications promotes Terray McGee, ex-Verizon, from which Frontier bought California operations, to area general manager, Central Coast operating area, and appoints ex-Verizon, Randy Campbell area general manager, Beach Cities operating area ... TDS elevates Vicki Bernards to vice president-financial analysis and strategic planning ... Rivada Mercury hired ex-Sprint executives: Pierre Elisseeff, as chief financial officer; Peter Campbell, chief information officer; Bill Esrey, senior vice president-wholesale and business development; and Todd Rowley, senior vice president-business development.
Federated Wireless hires Rajeev Shah, ex-Aruba Networks, as vice president-product management, helping start its spectrum access system and environmental sensing capability platform ... Joining Thoma Bravo is Hudson Smith, ex-HGGC, as partner ... TeleSign hires Aled Miles, ex-ForgeRock, as CEO ... L-3 Communications appoints Ann Davidson, formerly at Exelis, senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Steven Post, retiring ... Returning to Madison Square Garden Co., where he has been a consultant and used to be general manager, Radio City Music Hall, is Rich Claffey, named senior vice president-general manager, Madison Square Garden arena and The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Rivada Networks names Stephen Bye, ex-C Spire, chief technology officer ... IoT company PTC promotes Andrew Timm to chief technology officer ... Video app company You.i TV names Dan Beer, ex-IBM, to newly created position of chief operating officer ... Frontier Communications names Kay Quinn, ex-T-Mobile, area general manager for Idaho, Montana and Utah.
L-3 Communications picks Ann Davidson, ex-ITT and Alliant Techsystems, as senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary ... Vic Bhagat, ex-EMC, becomes chief information officer-Verizon Enterprise Solutions ... NAB names Daniel McDonald, ex-National Geographic Channels, vice president-research ... Cox Enterprises promotes Eric Terry to vice president-talent acquisition ... Content delivery network company Akamai Technologies elects Daniel Hesse, ex-Sprint, to its board ... Appvance names Harry Manley, ex-RetailNext, vice president-customer experience.
21st Century Fox names Fox News leadership: Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and Senior Executive Vice President Bill Shine named co-presidents, Suzanne Scott moves to executive vice president-programming and development for Fox News Channel, and Executive Vice President-News Editorial Jay Wallace continues managing the news division and Chief Financial Officer Mark Kranz retiring ... Goodfriend Government Affairs hires DeVan Hankerson, ex-Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council, as senior director-policy and government relations ... President Barack Obama designates International Trade Commissioner David Johanson vice chairman, term expiring June 16, 2018; his term as regular commissioner ends Dec. 16, 2018.
Jenner & Block announces Rebekah Preston Goodheart, who recently left for the law firm the FCC, where she was an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (see 1606240044), will be a partner, Communications, Internet & Technology practice ... FirstNet hires (see 1608110035) Mike Bostic, ex-Nokia, as senior law enforcement adviser ... Changes at Cypress Semiconductor: Hassane El-Khoury promoted to president-CEO and board member; Chairman Ray Bingham expands role to executive chairman; and, as planned, ex-CEO T.J. Rodgers resigns and leaves board ... Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington leaves the asset that has been part of Verizon's AOL to run her new health/anti-burnout venture Thrive Global as CEO ... Kargo adds Lizzie Black, ex-Federated Media, as vice president-strategic partnerships, East.
Comscore said: Gian Fulgoni, who was chairman emeritus, named CEO, and he remains on the board; Serge Matta moves to executive vice chairman and adviser to the CEO; Executive Vice Chairman-President Bill Livek assumes strategic and day-to-day responsibility for expanding TV, cross-platform and movie measurement businesses; David Chemerow, who was chief revenue officer, moves to chief financial officer; ex-CFO Melvin Wesley remains at the company to help with transition of duties to Chemerow; and board member Joan Lewis becomes non-executive chairwoman ... Emmis Communications promotes Charlie Morgan to senior vice president/market manager-New York, where he had done job on interim basis.
Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology names as first affiliate scholars Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University Communication, Culture & Technology program, Laura Moy, Georgetown Law and its Institute for Public Representation, and Abraham Newman, university's School of Foreign Service Department of Government ... Office of Personnel Management hires David DeVries, leaving DOD, as chief information officer ... Rivada Networks hires Joseph Sanzo, ex-SAC Wireless, as chief network officer ... Joining Emmis Communications is Chuck Williams, ex-Radio One, as senior vice president-market manager, Indianapolis ... Altice names Paul Haddad, ex-Cablevision, which Altice acquired, global chief data officer ... National CineMedia said it hired Katie Scherping, ex-Quiznos, as chief financial officer; co-interim CFOs David Oddo named treasurer/senior vice president-finance and Jeffrey Cabot named senior vice president-controller ... Tremor Video adds Clare Dunnett, ex-Yahoo/BrightRoll, as vice president-operations, seller platform ... Billaway elevates Charnsin Tulyasathien to chief operating officer.