Neustar directors hire Providence Equity Partners veteran Charles Gottdiener as president-CEO, succeeding Lisa Hook, who remains on the board ... USTelecom hires from Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Brian Weiss as vice president-media affairs, succeeding Amy Schatz, previously hired by Glen Echo Group (see 1801080047) ... Bank of America Merrill Lynch hires from UBS Sam Powers as head-Americas media and telecom investment banking, effective in fall, and from Deutsche Bank Randy Russell as managing director for those industries.
Arizona Corporation Commission members unanimously tap Matt Neubert, most recently director of ACC Securities Division, as interim executive director; commissioners agree to discuss "a recruitment plan for a permanent" chief at next month’s staff meeting (see 1807170018), agency says; Ted Vogt resigned earlier this month over a possible conflict of interest (see 1807100036) ... Equifax moves Paulino do Rego Barros, most recently the company's interim CEO, to president-U.S. Information Solutions, succeeding Trey Loughran, leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity; parent company's current CEO is Mark Begor.
Information Technology Industry Council hires from Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.'s, office Sarah Shive, also ex-office of then-Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to lead ITI U.S. tax policy outreach to Congress; Jennifer McCloskey, ex-aide to Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., returns to the group, where she will work on global tax issues ... BMI hires Alex Flores, ex-BMG, as senior vice president-creative, effective Aug. 6 ... Discovery extends contract of President-CEO David Zaslav until Dec. 31, 2023.
Texas Instruments says Brian Crutcher has resigned as president-CEO and board member, and named Rich Templeton again to be president-CEO, and he remains chairman; Crutcher allegedly violated the company's code of conduct in his personal behavior ... Molex CEO Martin Slark retires in November, when Chief Operating Officer Joe Nelligan advances to CEO ... Ericsson advances Jan Karlsson to senior vice president/head-Business Area Digital Services, effective Aug. 1, when he joins the executive team; he has been doing the job on an interim basis.
DLA Piper hires Peter Shroyer, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division, as associate, Telecom practice, and from McDermott Will Eric Hagen as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology practice ... Marvin Ammori, ex-Virgin Hyperloop One, joins as general counsel open-source data firm Protocol Labs ... ASCAP promotes to the new post of deputy general counsel Gregory Morgado ... BGR Group hires as digital director, a new position: Liz Fontaine, ex-McCain Institute and Center for a New American Security.
L3 Technologies Senior Vice President-Washington Operations Richard Cody is retiring; he led the corporate office in Washington and has chaired its political action committee; separately, L3 appoints aerospace and defense expert Stephen O’Bryan senior vice president-chief global business development officer ... Entravision taps Rodrigo Margain, ex-Cinepolis and Fox Television Group, as vice president-sales and business development, Mexico, heading the business there.
Northrop Grumman Chairman-CEO Wes Bush to step down as CEO effective Jan. 1, remaining chairman through July 2019; board elects Kathy Warden, president-chief operating officer, to CEO-president, effective Jan. 1 and to join the board, effective now ... Dorsey & Whitney hires from Huntsman Corp. Troy Keller, previously an attorney at Qwest Communications, as of counsel, Corporate Group ... President Donald Trump to nominate James Morhard, Senate deputy sergeant at arms, to be NASA deputy administrator.
FCC personnel moves announced at Thursday's commissioners' meeting: Andi Roane detailed to Office of the Chairman as executive assistant to Chief of Staff Matthew Berry from Commissioner Brendan Carr’s office, succeeding in Ajit Pai's office Kim Mattos, who moves to Office of General Counsel Litigation Division as forfeiture specialist; in Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's office, Aurelle Porter joins, named staff assistant, from Office of Legislative Affairs, where she was special assistant ... President Donald Trump to appoint Christine Ciccone assistant secretary-legislative affairs, Department of Homeland Security, where she's now senior adviser.
Morrison & Foerster hires Lisa Phelan, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, Global Antitrust Law Practice and Investigations + White Collar Group ... LexisNexis Risk Solutions starts global Connected Car team, led by Senior Director-Product Management, U.S. Connected Car Adam Hudson and Vice President-Global Products Rutger van der Wall ... Syniverse adds Philip Celestini, ex-FBI Washington field office, as chief security and risk officer ... F5 Networks names from Seattle Children’s Hospital Mary Gardner as chief information security officer.
Manatt adds to privacy and data security practice with Ingrid Beierly, ex-Visa, as senior adviser-cyber and global payment security; John Treviño, ex-BT Americas, as counsel; and Peter Reid, ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as senior adviser ... National Technical Systems moves up Rich Adams to president-CEO and Hector Paez to chief operating officer ... Consultant Ian Greenblatt, also ex-Arris, joins J.D. Power as Technology, Media and Telecom Practice lead.