Viacom moves Jose Tolosa to new post of chief transformation officer ... Nutanix names Tyler Wall, ex-Red Book Connect, chief legal officer ... Dun & Bradstreet hires Allison Schwartz from Intuit as global leader-government affairs ... L3 Technologies moves Andrew Ivers to corporate senior vice president/president-Communication Systems business, effective Jan. 1, succeeding John Mega, named corporate senior vice president-special projects ... Hemisphere Media Group taps Javier Maynulet, ex-Univision Networks, to succeed President-General Manager WAPA-TV San Juan Jose Ramos, retiring in the first half of 2018.
Sidley Austin hires Christopher Fonzone, ex-National Security Council aide under then-President Barack Obama, as partner, member of global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice ... Back at Globalstar from Speedcast: David Kagan as president-chief operating officer, effective Dec. 6; Speedcast names Energy Division Executive Vice President Keith Johnson to also succeed Kagan as COO; Erwan Emilian comes to Speedcast from IEC Telecom Group to lead Enterprise & Emerging Markets, succeeding Andrew Burdall, who left to pursue another opportunity.
Returning to FCC: Barbara Esbin, ex-Cinnamon Mueller, as deputy chief-Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, overseeing Office of Native Affairs and Policy and Office of Intergovernmental Affairs ... Issue One promotes Meredith McGehee to executive director ... Internet Association hires Michael Lemon, ex-Senate Judiciary Committee, as director-government affairs and counsel.
Changes at Cox Media Group: Joe Pomilla, ex-CMG Charlotte, to lead CMG Boston as vice president-general manager, WFXT, replacing Tom Raponi, retiring; Cedric Thomas promoted to CMG Charlotte area vice president-general manager, WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV; Susan Connor, ex-KIRO-TV Seattle, promoted to vice president-general manager, CMG Memphis for WHBQ-TV; Jason Meder, ex-CMG Tampa Radio, promoted to general manager-CMG Orlando; Kevin Hayes, ex-Sinclair's El Paso stations, returns to CMG as general manager-WPXI Pittsburgh; Bob Longo promoted to CMG Jacksonville general manager; Ralph Renzi promoted to general manager-CMG Miami Radio ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise promotes Antonio Neri to president-CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing Meg Whitman, remaining on board ... National Retail Federation adds Bethany Aronhalt, ex-House Education and Workforce Committee, as senior director-media relations.
Ex-House Commerce Committee Chief Counsel David Redl sworn in Tuesday as assistant secretary-communications and information, Department of Commerce, where he will be NTIA administrator ... Arizona Corporation Commission adds Ryan McCarthy, ex-Maricopa County Attorney's Office, as policy adviser for new (see 1710240054) Commissioner Justin Olson ... Wireless ISP Association board hires Richard Bernhardt national spectrum adviser, a full-time job; he had worked in that role for WISPA as a contractor.
APCO International adds ex-staffer Jay English, ex-Department of Homeland Security, to newly created post of chief technology officer ... R Street Institute adds Paul Rosenzweig as senior fellow, working on cybersecurity and tech policy, including privacy; he remains at Red Branch Consulting ... Talari Networks adds Patrick Sweeney, ex-Dell/SonicWall, as CEO ... Univision Communications moves up Senior Vice President Antonio Roman to that title for local media New York sales, including broadcasting, digital and "experiential marketing" ... AccuWeather hires Kurt Fulepp, ex-Time Inc., as chief product officer.
AT&T hires O'Melveny & Myers media lawyer Daniel Petrocelli as lead trial counsel in case DOJ sues to block company's buy of Time Warner (see 1711170059) ... Wiley Rein promotions to partner include, effective Jan. 1, Katy Ross, in Telecom, Media & Technology and Unmanned Aircraft Systems practices; and Jeremy Schofer, in Corporate Practice and also in TMT ... Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints Arthur D’Andrea (see 1711170029), his ex-assistant general counsel, a public utility commissioner; term ends Sept. 1, 2023; he was sworn in Wednesday.
Synchronoss Technologies hires Glenn Lurie, retired from AT&T (see this section of the Aug. 4 issue of this publication), as CEO and on the board, succeeding Stephen Waldis, who remains chairman ... Duff & Phelps retains cybersecurity expert John Bass, ex-CIA, in Legal Management Consulting Practice as director ... Interactive Advertising Bureau adds Orchid Richardson, ex-33Across, as vice president-managing director, IAB Data Center of Excellence ... Congressional Antitrust Caucus co-Chairs are Reps. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.
With FCC having hired Matthew Duchesne as chief, Office of Native Affairs and Policy (see 1711130036), acting Chief Lyle Ishida remains for some time in ONAP to assist with transition and then remains in Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau "in another position yet to be announced," spokesman says ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adds Norman Kennard as a commissioner after Senate OK'd 49-0; he succeeds Robert Powelson, resigned upon confirmation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see 1708040038); Kennard’s term expires March 31, 2019.
Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, retiring ... Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, changes include: Matt Jensen promoted to legislative director, succeeding John Tanner, taking over legislative affairs at Department of the Interior; Ally Riding, ex-Fresh Lime and ex-Mormon.org, joins as press secretary; and Hatch Judiciary Counsel Ryan Leavitt hired as deputy chief of staff by newly elected Rep. John Curtis, who succeeded fellow Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz ... Madison Square Garden Co.'s David O'Connor steps down as president-CEO; Executive Chairman James Dolan now also is interim CEO.