Priceline said that Darren Huston has resigned and it has named ex-CEO and current Chairman Jeffery Boyd interim CEO-president; it named Booking.com President-Chief Operating Officer Gillian Tans CEO, Booking.com, succeeding Huston, who also was CEO of the unit; the company said Huston "expressed regret" for a "personal relationship" with an employee at the company who wasn't under his direct supervision ... Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers steps down, remains on board and will be a project leader on technical projects, with daily operational activities taken over on an interim basis by an Office of the CEO comprised of Executive Vice Presidents Hassane El-Khoury, Programmable Systems Division; Dana Nazarian, Memory Products Division; Joe Rauschmayer, manufacturing; and Thad Trent, chief financial officer.
21st Century Fox Executive Vice President-Global Public Policy Michael Regan stepping down, effective June 30, and will remain an adviser ... CSG International Executive Vice President-General Counsel-Chief Administrative Officer Joe Ruble leaving, to remain in current role through the end of May ... Cox Enterprises moves Lissiah Taylor-Hundley to diversity and inclusion strategist ... RadioShack hires Dene Rogers, ex-Target Australia and Sears Canada, as president-CEO, effective May 9 ... Vantiv expands Mark Heimbouch's role as chief operating officer to include responsibility for product organization and promotes Stephanie Ferris to chief financial officer, and she joins executive committee.
Jenner & Block hires as partners, Government Contracts Practice, which the firm said will also work on cybersecurity: Joe Smith, ex-Smith Pachter, rejoins, and is chairman of the practice; and from WilmerHale Gregory Petkoff and Matthew Haws ... Akamai names Robert Blumofe general manager-Enterprise & Carrier division; he remains executive vice president-Akamai Platform organization ... Tangoe hires Jay Zager, ex-Axcelis Technologies, as interim chief financial officer, and said CFO Gary Martino resigned at the board's request ... Tremor Video, expanding to New Zealand, said co-founder Josh Ismin relocates to the country to run the launch and remains regional vice president, and it hires Yael Milbank, ex-TVNZ, as general manager, New Zealand.
CBS promotes Kurt Davis to executive vice president-affiliate relations, CBS Television Network, succeeding Elizabeth Tumulty ... National Geographic Society hires Emma Carrasco, ex-NPR, as chief marketing and communications officer/senior vice president-global strategy, new position ... Wiley Rein hires Garth Moore, ex-The ONE Campaign, as vice president-digital, McBee Strategic, where he heads the digital team ... Maxwell Technologies hires Henning Hauenstein, ex-Infineon Technologies, as vice president-strategy and marketing, effective May 2 ... Competitive Carriers Association adds to board James Groft, James Valley Telecommunications.
President Barack Obama to nominate Peg Gustafson, inspector general at the Small Business Administration, to same post at Department of Commerce ... Evine Live names Nicole Ostoya, retail executive, executive vice president-chief marketing officer, and promotes Lee Goehring to vice president-merchandising, home and consumer electronics categories ... In new Fox News centralized long-form specials unit, Michael Clemente moves from managing news to run the division as executive vice president-news specials, and Jay Wallace is promoted to executive vice president-news and editorial ... James Carter to retire as president-general manager of WESH and WKCF, Orlando-Daytona-Melbourne, this summer; no successor named ... Lobbyist registrations: Cox Automotive, Venable, effective Feb. 18 ... Fidelis Cybersecurity, Congressional Strategies, effective Jan. 1 ... Google, Venable, effective Nov. 1 ... Intelsat General, Pinnacle Engineering and Management Solutions, effective Jan. 1 ... Liberman Broadcasting, The Glover Park Group, effective April 1.
Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires Robin Cohen, ex-Sprint, as executive director-regulatory affairs and spectrum strategies, new position ... Kevin Kunkel, advanced at Sprint to president, Southern California region; Mark Nachman, ex-Verizon, named for Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia region; and Jonathan Blitz, also ex-Verizon, appointed for South Central region ... Library of Congress moves John Cole to historian, new position ... National Governors Association names to Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council for 2016-2017: Gil Orrantia, aide to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), chairman; Perry Plummer, aide to New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D), vice chairman; and members Mark Ghilarducci, aide to California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Kevin Klein, aide to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), Jim Butterworth, aide to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), John Hill, aide to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), Keith Squires, aide to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R), and Jimmy Gianato, aide to West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D).
Sprint hires Michael McMahon, ex-Verizon, as president-Great Plains region ... Virtual hires Andrew Kurtzman, ex-Muni Broadband Forum and Telecommunications Industry Association, as vice president-staff counsel ... TEN: The Enthusiast Network hires Jonathan Anastas, ex-Roku, as chief marketing officer ... Alarm.com Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Moyer leaving to become CFO at "an early stage private company" in Washington; on interim basis, Controller AJ Gollinger will act as principal accounting officer; and company names to board Darius Nevin, G3 Capital Partners ... RagingWire Data Centers hires Phillip Sandino, ex-Dominion Virginia Power, as vice president-data center operations ... President Barack Obama naming Chris Young, Intel, a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee ... Lobbyist registration: Secure ID Coalition, Blank Rome, effective Feb. 1.
EchoStar promotes Jennifer Manner to senior vice president-regulatory affairs ... Mike Vernal, ex-Facebook, is joining Sequoia Capital as partner ... John Major, ex-Broadcom, joins Optomec board ... Sam Cullari, ex-Comcast, joins the Reed Smith Information & Innovation Group in the Philadelphia office ... Said Bacho, ex-Grass Valley and Harris Broadcast, becomes SAM chief business development and marketing officer ... Lobbyist registration: Spotify, registering on behalf of itself, effective Feb. 8.
Sprint hires Jerry Gallegos, ex-Cox Communications, as president-West area ... Time Warner promotes Will Funk to executive vice president-sales & property partnerships, Turner Sports, new position ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Farragut Partners, effective Jan. 1 ... Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, Keelen Group, effective March 1 ... Demand Progress, Fight for the Future, Pale Blue, both effective Feb. 1 ... Global Tel-Link, Da Vinci Group, effective Feb. 12 ... Liberty Broadband, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Jan. 1 ... Patent Office Professional Association, Richard Hirn, effective April 1 ... ViaSat, Kountoupes Denham, effective March 1 ... Computer Science Education Coalition, Penn Hill Group, effective March 1 ... Data center firm Switch, SB Strategic Consulting, effective Feb. 25 ... Slack Technologies, Kountoupes Denham, effective Feb. 16.
DOJ promotes Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse of the Antitrust Division to lead the division, succeeding Bill Baer, who recently became acting associate attorney general (see this section in the April 13 issue) ... Covington & Burling hires Ann West Bobeck, ex-NAB, as special counsel, Communications & Media Practice group ... University of Colorado Law names Jim Anaya, University of Arizona, dean, effective Aug. 8 and succeeding Philip Weiser, returning to the faculty in July and remaining executive director, Silicon Flatirons ... Bonten Media Group names Scott Moody chief operating officer; he remains chief financial officer ... Viacom moves Senior Vice President Sarah Iooss to that job for business development, leading Business Development group ... Weather Channel hires Michael Ferrari, ex-aWhere, as head-data science, Ad Products team.