Flex names Phil Ulrich, from Eaton, chief human resources officer, and Raejeanne Skillern, from Intel, president-communications and enterprise compute group ... Lyft hires Tal Shaked, ex-Google, as head-machine learning and artificial intelligence, new position ... Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International elects board including Chairman Mark Gordon, Stratom; Executive Vice Chairman Suzy Young, University of Alabama; and new members Sean Bielat, Flir; Dyan Gibbens, Trumbull Unmanned; Suzanne Murtha, Aecom; Steven Nordlund, Boeing; and Thomas Reynolds, Hydroid Kongsberg.
NAB promotes Trish Johnson to chief financial officer and senior vice president-finance ... Lerman Senter announces David Burns, ex-Pillsbury Winthrop, as counsel-media ... Dynamic Spectrum Alliance appoints Martha Suarez, ex-National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, president ... Industry Data Exchange Association Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing Mike Wentz retiring at month’s end.
Charter Communications taps Dan Gonzalez, ex-AT&T, for group vice president-state regulatory affairs ... Ohio Public Utilities Commission adds Sam Randazzo, ex-McNees Wallace, as chairman, and Dennis Deters, ex- Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals, as commissioner ... Ballard Spahr names Kaitlin Gurney, ex-Pepper Hamilton, of counsel-media law ... National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute establishes Center for Legal Advocacy and Faculty Development with Ari Telisman, ex-Office of the Illinois Attorney General, director.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., hires David Strickland, ex-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as Democratic committee staff director ... Quarles & Brady adds patent attorneys: Kris Fredrick, ex-Honeywell, as partner, and three from Andrus Law Tolga Gulmen, as of counsel, and Tambryn VanHeyningen and Scott McBride as partners ... Goodwin adds Sanjeet Dutta, ex-Steptoe & Johnson, as partner-technology ... Telemundo promotes Robert Sarabia to president-general manager, KVDA San Antonio ... Arm taps Inder Singh, ex-Unisys, executive vice president-chief financial officer.
Enterprise Center names Deb Socia, from Next Century Cities, president-CEO, replacing Ken Hays, retiring ... Cogeco's Atlantic Broadband President-CEO Richard Shea leaving, pursuing personal interests and remaining for transition; Chief Financial Officer Patrick Bratton assumes interim position ... ABC Entertainment and Disney Television Studios appoint Shannon Ryan, ex-Fox, president-marketing for both divisions ... Walmart adds Kerri Ruttenberg, from Jones Day, as senior vice president-litigation, effective July 1.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Aaron Goldberger acting wireless and international adviser, succeeding Rachael Bender, named International Bureau special counsel (per a spokesperson); Goldberger joins from Wireless Bureau, where he was associate chief and deputy director, Rural Broadband Auction Task Force ... Fox appoints Gail Slater, from White House National Economic Council, senior vice president-policy and strategy ... Lime hires Adam Kovacevich, ex-Google, as head-government affairs ... New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) names John Farmer, from Microsoft, chief technology officer.
Fox Corp. hires Ann Bobeck, leaving Covington, as vice president-FCC legal and business affairs, effective May 6 ... Copyright Office promotes Maria Strong to associate register of copyrights and director-policy and international affairs ... Center for Democracy & Technology names Avery Gardiner, ex-Verizon, senior fellow-competition, data and power ... Anne Reinke, ex-CSX, becomes Transportation Department deputy assistant secretary-intergovernmental affairs ... DOD appoints Brett Goldstein, ex-Ekistic Ventures, director, Defense Digital Service.
Wireless Infrastructure Association names Grant Seiffert, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, vice president-workforce development and executive director, Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program ... Office of the U.S. Trade Representative hires Joseph Barloon, from Skadden Arps, as general counsel, replacing Stephen Vaughn, departing ... New America Open Technology Institute promotes Sarah Morris to director, replacing Kevin Bankston, leaving to becoming Facebook director-privacy policy, effective June ... 5G America promotes Vicki Livingston to vice president-communications.
Facebook hires Jennifer Newstead, from State Department, as general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch, staying through summer to help with transition, and John Pinette, ex-Vulcan Inc., as vice president-global communications, succeeding Caryn Marooney, leaving (see this section, Feb. 8) ... Greenberg Traurig names Robert King, ex-Hunton Andrews, shareholder, intellectual property and technology practice ... Lathrop Gage adds John Keyes, ex-Sunstein Kann, as of counsel-IP transactions and litigator Amy Burke, ex-Theodora Oringher, as associate-IP litigation.
Centriq taps IoT industry expert Eric Anderson, ex-Gracenote/Nielsen, as executive vice president-chief partnership officer ... Comcast's NBCUniversal adds Ben Price, ex-Discovery, as executive vice president-sales and client partnerships, national offices, new post ... President-General Manager, CBS Television Stations’ Los Angeles properties Steve Mauldin retiring, effective May 31; stations are Los Angeles' KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV plus CBSLA.com.