IEEE taps Stephen Welby, ex-Department of Defense, as executive director-chief operating officer, effective Jan. 2 ... Emmis Communications' TagStation hires Lisa Pike, ex-Cloud Channels, as senior vice president-revenue development, new post involving its NextRadio ... NFL names HBO alumnus Bill McCullough vice president/creative director, NFL Media, including digital and advertising issues ... Shared Spectrum Co. adds to board Robert McDowell, Cooley.
Back as partner at Mitchell Silberberg: Yakub Hazzard, ex-Comcast's NBCUniversal, as member, Entertainment and IP Litigation Practice Group ... TiVo Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer Pete Thompson resigns "to pursue an external employment opportunity with a larger company"; his responsibilities will be assumed by the president-CEO; company notes CEO Tom Carson had said he's retiring ... Skydance Media names DreamWorks Animation alumnus Bill Damaschke president-animation and family entertainment ... Accenture Federal Services hires George Franz, ex-U.S. Cyber Command, as cybersecurity expert.
Alan Silverman, Cable One senior vice president-general counsel and secretary, to retire effective Dec. 29 ... Dina Hillier, ex-Paramount TV, named Disney Channel vice president-original series ... Emily Phillips, ex-Bloomberg, joins Hearst TV’s digital team as managing editor ... NARUC names Commissioner Angela O’Connor of Massachusetts to its board ... Janeen Wynn, ex-Got Your 6, is new FCBA senior manager-programs and special projects ... New at National Association of State Chief Information Officers: President Bo Reese, Oklahoma; Vice President James Collins, Delaware; Secretary/Treasurer Thomas Baden, Minnesota; Past President Mark Raymond, Connecticut; board member Shannon Rahming, Nevada ... Newly elected SMPTE officers for 2018-2019 terms: Peter Wharton, BroadStream Solutions, as vice president-membership; Bruce Devlin, Mr MXF Ltd., as vice president standards; Hans Hoffmann, European Broadcasting Union, as vice president-finance.
Cox Communications hires Nneka Chiazor, ex-Verizon, as vice president-public and government affairs, Virginia region ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said he added Drema Johnson, ex-office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as confidential assistant; Natalie Martinez, acting confidential assistant, rejoins Office of General Counsel ... Internet Association hires Brian Larkin, ex-Brookings Institution fellow with Senate Finance Committee, as director-cloud policy ... European telecom carrier Veon promotes Josh Drew to group chief compliance officer.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said she has named Travis Litman, who has worked as her aide before and was Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division assistant chief, as chief of staff and senior legal adviser-wireline and public safety issues; Kate Black, ex-Emily's List, as policy adviser-media issues; and from Office of Managing Director Lashion Pratt as staff assistant ... Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice president/president-global media, leaves company, effective in February, and effective Dec. 31, moves to strategic adviser and continues reporting to CEO Lowell McAdam until departure; after that, Oath CEO Tim Armstrong continues, reports directly to McAdam; and telematics organization reports to John Stratton, executive vice president/president-global operations.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr adds Jamie Susskind, who rejoins the agency and was an aide to Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., as chief of staff/legal adviser-wireline issues; Nathan Eagan, acting legal adviser-wireline detailed from Wireline Bureau, rejoins the bureau ... Crowell & Moring adds Maarten Stassen, ex-Deloitte, as senior counsel, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, in Brussels ... Joining comScore: Gregory Fink, ex-Fannie Mae, as executive vice president-finance ... CableLabs hires Bernardo Huberman, ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as a fellow and vice president, Core Innovation Team, succeeding Peter Smyth, retiring.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appoints Eric Burger, ex-Security and Software Engineering Research Center, chief technology officer, succeeding Henning Schulzrinne, returned to Columbia University ... Information Technology Industry Council hires from BusinessEurope Guido Lobrano to start "permanent presence in Europe" as senior director-global policy for Europe ... NTCA promotes Leif Oveson to vice president-legislative affairs ... Newly elected partners at Goodwin include promotion of Samuel Sherry, Litigation Department and Intellectual Property Group, representing software, communications, computer hardware, optical storage and other clients.
Comcast hires Brian Josef, ex-CTIA, industry officials tell us; company later will announce his job title ... Departing Univision: Bert Gómez, senior vice president-government relations, who tells us he will announce next steps later ... NAB's Marcellus Alexander, executive vice president-NAB Television, relinquishes that job, effective Dec. 31, remaining president, NAB Education Foundation ... CTA Senior Vice President-Communications and Strategic Relationships Jeff Joseph leaves post-CES 2018, which ends Jan. 12, "to pursue consulting ventures and other strategic communications opportunities" ... Retiring from 21st Century Fox, effective year-end: Kathy Ramsey, senior vice president/chief operating officer-government relations.
Sheppard Mullin hires Kari Rollins from Winston & Strawn as partner, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice ... ComScore retains Joseph Rostock, ex-Inovalon Holdings, in newly created role of chief information officer, and promotes Yvonne Bigbee to chief technology officer, a job she did on interim basis ... J2 Global names CEO of its Ziff Davis Vivek Shah to succeed Nehemia Zucker as CEO, effective Jan. 1, when he joins OCV venture capital firm organized by j2 Chairman Richard Ressler.
NATOA Executive Director-General Counsel Steve Traylor retiring, effective in December; board moves up Tonya Rideout to transitional director, and she takes over as executive director "in the New Year" and tells us she also remains chief financial officer; Rideout will do a search for a new general counsel; and the association will also look for a new deputy director, a job Rideout also had done ... Among longtime staffers retiring from FCC are Geraldine Matise, chief of staff and associate chief, Office of Engineering and Technology ... Dorsey & Whitney adds from Winstead Brian Vanderwoude to Trial Group as partner, working on issues including intellectual property.