HC2 Holdings hires from Sinclair Rebecca Hanson as executive vice president-general counsel, HC2 Broadcasting ... Svetlana Gans, ex-FTC chief of staff under then-acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, joins NCTA as vice president-associate general counsel, working on consumer protection and competition policy issues, a new area of focus for a lawyer at the group ... Pillsbury hires from Drinker Biddle Lee Petro as special counsel, Communications Practice; he has broadcasting, wireless and telecom expertise and advises on areas including distributed ledger technologies, cybersecurity and privacy.
TiVo CEO Enrique Rodriguez resigns to take chief technology officer position at Liberty Global in Europe; TiVo board member Raghu Rau will be interim CEO until successor is named ... President Trump names Bill Shine, ex-Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, White House assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications ... Lobbyist registrations: Bloomberg, Sidley Austin, effective June 22 ... Zayo Group, Northfork Solutions, effective June 21 ... 22nd Century, Mercury, effective June 1 ... Hytera Communications America (West), Calfee, Halter, effective June 1 ... Managed service provider Knowledge Services, Miller Strategies, effective June 1 ... Amazon, King & Spaulding, effective May 16 ... Equifax, Atrio Consulting Group, effective May 9 ... SiriusXM, Kelsay Strategies, effective May 3 ... TracFone, Maine Street Solutions, effective April 1.
New Davis Polk partners include David Bauer, Corporate Department, practicing in Intellectual Property and Technology Group ... Thin Film Electronics near-field communication mobile marketing firm hires from AdBlock Poorab Shah as executive vice president-software, succeeding Christian Delay, promoted to chief commercial officer ... Mercedes-Benz USA moves include Heiko Schmidt to general manager, CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Service, and Electric Drive), a promotion and succeeding Harry Hynekamp, left to pursue other interests; and Zelma Cilliers to chief information officer, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Rose Kwon, named CIO-NAFTA region; Cilliers had been CIO in Canada.
Frontier Communications promotes Javier Mendoza to vice president-corporate communications and external affairs ... Aerospace Industries Association appoints Timothy McClees, ex-Peraton, vice president-legislative affairs ... On Friday, Shentel Executive Vice President-Special Projects Earle MacKenzie retired, with a consulting agreement for 12 months ... Duff & Phelps' Kroll hires Steve Scarince, ex-Secret Service, as associate managing director, Cyber Risk practice.
Internet Society names Andrew Sullivan, ex-Oracle, president-CEO and member of society's board of trustees, effective Sept. 1 ... Sprint appoints Andrew Davies, ex-Veon, chief financial officer ... CBS moves up Vice President-General Manager Jay Howell to that post at Pennsylvania's KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, WPCW Jeannette and CBSPittsburgh.com, succeeding Chris Pike, retired.
Google hires from General Electric as head-global policy Karan Bhatia ... Viacom's MTV, VH1 and Logo promote Jacqueline Parkes to chief marketing officer/executive vice president, digital studios ... Data Coalition Executive Director Hudson Hollister decides to depart, effective Oct. 1, remaining on the board ... Aerospace Corp. promotes Susan Herbulock to general manager in the new Enterprise Ground and Launch Division, succeeding Judy Peach, who recently retired as general manager, Launch and Satellite Control Division.
BGR Group hires NCTA's Justin Rzepka as vice president, effective July 20; he will primarily work with Commerce practice on technology and telecom ... House Science, Space and Technology Committee adds Heather Vaughan, who ran a communications firm, as communications director, succeeding Thea McDonald, moved to White House National Space Council (see this section of the June 27 issue) ... CACI appoints Executive Vice President Mike Hale to lead National and Cyber Solutions group responsible for cybersecurity, space and some other operations.
White House National Space Council adds Thea McDonald,ex-House Science, Space and Technology Committee (see this section of the June 20 issue), as director-communications ... OpenNews Director Dan Sinker stepping down, effective July 31, succeeded by Erika Owens, promoted ... Extreme Reach promotions: co-founder Tim Conley to CEO; Jorge Martell to chief financial officer, which he was on an acting basis; and Jennifer Wambold to chief human resources officer ... Vecima's Concurrent Technology adds enterprise communications expert John McComiskie as vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In Gray buying Raycom (see 1806250057), effective at closing, Raycom President-CEO Pat LaPlatney becomes Gray president/co-CEO; LaPlatney and Raycom former President-CEO Paul McTear, both on Raycom board, join buyer's board; and Gray Chairman-President-CEO Hilton Howell becomes executive chairman/co-CEO of Gray; while effective July 1, Gray co-Chief Operating Officers Bob Smith and Nick Waller shift, with Smith COO and Waller chief administrative officer.
Orrick hires tech antitrust expert Amy Ray, ex-Cadwalader, as a partner ... Harvard Kennedy School hires Setti Warren, ex-mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, as executive director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, effective July 9.