Communications Personals
Recording Academy President-CEO Neil Portnow decides not to extend his contract expiring in July 2019 ... Windstream adds from British Telecom Thomas Whitehead as vice president-federal government affairs, leading advocacy before the FCC, Rural Utilities Service and Congress ... Educational Media Foundation CEO Mike Novak to retire "in the coming months" ... Disney hires full time Anna Robertson, who had been working for company, as vice president-growth and partnerships, ABC Owned Television Stations, new post, and company promotes Cornelia Frame to vice president-casting and talent relations, Disney Channel.
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Hulu hires Dan Phillips, ex-TiVo, as chief technology officer; Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Campbell expands role, with marketing also now responsible for subscriber experience, among other areas, as Senior Vice President-Experience Ben Smith retires in July; with original programming and such relationships a dedicated business function led by Senior Vice President-Content Craig Erwich; Senior Vice President-Partnerships and Distribution Tim Connolly and Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman decide to leave company; video streamer hires Jaya Kolhatkar, ex-Walmart, in newly created executive management role of chief data officer.
SoftBank candidates for executive vice presidents of the board: Marcelo Claure, Katsunori Sago and Rajeev Misra ... Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association adds to board David Brunick of WOW and Scott Porter from Turner.
Newly elected at SMPTE local sections as officers, effective July 1: Atlanta: Chair Bob Baker, Turner Broadcasting and Secretary/Treasurer Dewey Newton; Detroit: Chair Frank Maynard, WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV, and Secretary/Treasurer Chuck Reti, CBS Television Stations; Florida: Chair Ken Botelho, engineering consultant, and Secretary/Treasurer Brian Slusarz; Hollywood: Chair Jim DeFilippis, TMS Consulting, and Secretary/Treasurer Linda Rosner, Artisans PR; New England: Chair Martin Feldman, Camera Co., and Secretary/Treasurer Paul Beck, Museum of Broadcast Technology; New York: Chair Jeff Cohen, IMT-Vislink, and Secretary/Treasurer John Cerquone, Cer-Tec; Ohio: Chair John Owen, Q Communications, and Secretary/Treasurer Gene Batey, consultant; Pacific Northwest: Chair Mark Siegel, Advanced Broadcast Solutions, and Secretary/Treasurer Simon Church, NBC News; Philadelphia: Chair James Lien, AC Video Solutions, and Secretary/Treasurer Rick Gamble, Stepdog Media; Pittsburgh: Chair Daniel Turk, NEP Group, and Secretary/Treasurer Bill Molzon, Waynesburg University; Sacramento: Chair Tim Walker, Belden/Grass Valley, and Secretary/Treasurer Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley; San Francisco: Chair Keith Graham, Graham Associates, and Secretary/Treasurer Matt Lavine, Bug ID; and Washington, D.C.: Chair Tom Hackett, Communications Engineering, and Secretary/Treasurer Melissa Davis, Evertz Microsystems, with managers Steve Wynn, Sony, Louise Gebel, Chesapeake Systems, and James O’Neal, TV Technology.