Gov. Ralph Northam (D) appoints Jehmal Hudson, ex-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and National Hydropower Association, to Virginia State Corporation Commission ... Ericsson board promotes Arun Bansal to executive vice president; Bansal remains also senior vice president and head-market area, Europe and Latin America; Executive Vice President-Head, Business Area Networks Fredrik Jejdling remains in position and is first EVP, with Bansal second EVP.
Technology Policy Institute promotes Lindsay Poss to also be director-communications, newly created post; she continues as research analyst ... Squire Patton separates from Trent Lott, ex-Senate Commerce Committee Republican who participated in some telecom issues ... Among summer interns in office of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is Joe Kane, an ex-R Street Institute tech policy fellow on track to graduate from law school in 2022.
Xperi and TiVo completed their "merger of equals" last week, each becoming subsidiaries of the new Xperi Holding, with directors replaced by Jon Kirchner, John Allen and Paul Davis; CEO-President David Shull, Chief Financial Officer-Treasurer Wesley Gutierrez and General Counsel-Secretary Pamela Sergeeff gave TiVo letters of resignation; Kirchner named CEO-president; Robert Andersen executive vice president-CFO; Allen senior vice president-corporate controller; and Davis senior vice president-general counsel-corporate secretary.
ICANN Senior Vice President-Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives and co-deputy to CEO Theresa Swinehart assumes also permanent leadership, Global Domains Division; with Senior Vice President-Chief Operations Officer Susanna Bennett leaving effective July 1, ICANN CEO Goran Marby redistributing operations responsibilities: Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Xavier Calvez assuming leadership of new planning department; Security Operations reporting to Senior Vice President-Global Human Resources Gina Villavicencio; and board operations under General Counsel-Secretary John Jeffrey ... WOW hires John Rego, ex-Telaria, as chief financial officer and Shannon Campain, ex-Fox, as chief commercial officer.
VMware adds Carol Carpenter, ex-Google Cloud, as chief marketing officer; and names senior vice presidents Sandy Hogan from Rackspace, for worldwide commercial and partner sales, and Fidelma Russo, ex-Iron Mountain, and also general manager-Cloud Services business ... Limelight Networks announces Christine Cross, ex-GoDaddy, is senior vice president-chief marketing officer.
Comcast promotes Mitch Rose to executive vice president-federal government affairs, succeeding Kathy Zachem in leading Comcast/NBCUniversal Washington office; Zachem retiring, leaving daily responsibilities effective June 30 and remaining at company through 2020 as adviser to Chief Legal Officer-Secretary Tom Reid ... Jamie Favazza, ex-Pinterest, hired by TikTok as public policy communications director, she says; company doesn't comment ... Internet Association's Noah Theran leaving IA effective June 12, hired by Managed Funds Association as executive vice president-managing director, global communications.
IP attorney Jodi DeSchane, ex-Faegre Drinker, joins Ballard Spahr as of counsel; her practice includes copyright, advertising, social media and internet-related issues ... Comcast's Jason Armstrong, chief financial officer of Sky, returns to corporate headquarters as executive vice president-treasurer after his relocation to Sky’s HQ in U.K. complicated by COVID-19; Comcast Treasurer Bill Dordelman retiring; and Armstrong succeeded at Sky by Simon Robson, promoted from his deputy to full CFO.
Dish Network hires Dave Mayo, from T-Mobile, as executive vice president-network deployment, responsible for wireless buildout strategy; promotes Jeff Blum to executive vice president-external and legislative affairs; gives Chief Operating Officer John Swieringa added responsibilities as group president-retail wireless; and advances Michael Schwimmer to group president-Sling TV ... LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition head Mike Gravino retires ... Internet Association hires Dylan Hoffman, ex-aide to Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, as director-government affairs, California.
FTC moves up Patty McDermott to Anticompetitive Practices Division deputy assistant director ... Cox Media Group hires Daniel York, from AT&T, as president-CEO, succeeding interim CEO Steve Pruett, who remains executive chairman (see this section, May 8) ... Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz to step down, staying through transition ... Producer Tara Duncan joins Disney's Freeform as president; ABC Owned Television Stations elevates Rob Elmore to president-general manager, WTVD Durham, North Carolina ... Meredith hires Deborah Collura, ex-Tegna, for vice president-general manager, WGCL-TV and WPCH-TV, both in Atlanta, and promotes Corey Hanson to vice president-general manager, WALA-TV Mobile, Alabama.
Trump administration appoints Blake Curtis, ex-Curtis & Curtis, state director, Agriculture Department Rural Development in New Mexico, a job spokesperson tells us includes Rural Utilities Service there ... Disney promotes Carlos Gomez to senior vice president-treasurer, succeeding Jonathan Headley, retiring ... Zoom hires Damien Hooper-Campbell, ex-eBay, for its first chief diversity officer ... Ritter Communications hires Heath Simpson, ex-Bacom, as chief financial officer, succeeding Bill Harrison, now CFO, E. Ritter and Co.