CTIA hires Benjamin Aron, ex-Sprint, as director-state regulatory and external affairs; Matthew Gerst, who had that job, advanced to director-regulatory affairs ... Kelley Drye hires David Evans, ex-Chadbourne & Parke, as partner, Antitrust and Competition Practice Group ... FTTH Council Europe elects Ronan Kelly, Adtran, treasurer and vice president ... Lobbyist registration: Intelsat, Jacques & Associates, effective Jan. 1.
Fuse Media promotes Sharoan Harris to senior vice president-pricing and planning ... Weather Co. hires Dave Shull, ex-Dish Network, as a group president, running Weather Channel Television Group, a new unit (see 1504280035) ... Silicon Labs adds to board Sumit Sadana, SanDisk ... CPlane Networks, data center and software-defined networking firm, names to board Mike Seashols, ex-Oracle, as chairman ... Lobbyist registrations: GCI, Elmendorf Ryan, effective April 1 ... Hewlett-Packard, Daniel Kostenbauder, effective Nov. 2 ... MarkLogic, a software firm, Hoppe Strategies, effective April 17.
Ruckus Wireless hires Ian Whiting, ex-Egnyte, as chief commercial officer ... Retiring from Hearst Television's WMOR-TV Lakeland, Florida, is President-General Manager Kenneth Lucas, effective in June ... ModuleQ, mobile apps supplier, adds Fred Amoroso, ex-Yahoo and Rovi, to its board.
Extreme Networks names Eric Broockman executive vice president-engineering, and he remains chief technology officer, succeeding Edward Carney, executive vice president-products and customer success, leaving the company ... 21st Century Fox for Fox Sports hires Jamie Horowitz, ex-NBCUniversal, as president-Fox Sports National Networks, new position, and promotes John Entz to president-production and David Nathanson to head-business operations ... Cur Media, music streaming service, hires Jay Clark, ex-Sirius, as chief content officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Sorenson Communications, Harris Wiltshire, effective March 9 ... T-Mobile, Harbinger Strategies, effective March 1.
Cybergy Holdings names Andrew Westlund, ex-Amazon, to its board ... HSN Inc. names John Aylward, ex-DSW, Starbucks and Sony, executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of CEA, Winn Strategies, effective April 7 ... Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of DirecTV, Winn Strategies, effective March 9 ... Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of Sprint, Winn Strategies, effective April 1.
IHeartMedia promotes Linda Little to president, Phoenix market ... LGL Group promotes Patti Smith to chief financial officer ... Specialized Information Publishers Association elects Tim Warren, Warren Communications News, to board ... Craig Hunegs, Warner Bros. TV Group president-business and strategy, to participate in keynote Q&A at Next TV Summit & Expo, June 18, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica ... Lobbyist registrations: Bcast, Whitmer & Worrall, effective April 1 ... Comptel, Northfork Strategies, effective April 1 ... Neustar, Squire Patton Boggs, effective Feb. 12.
IHeartMedia promotes Scott Hopeck to president-New York market ... Huawei promotes Vincent Pang to president of its Western European operations ... Extreme Networks names Chairman Ed Meyercord as president-CEO, succeeding Chuck Berger, resigned from those jobs and from board, and will name another person chairman ... PayPal hires Louise Pentland, ex-Nokia, as general counsel, effective April 27, when hiring of Jonathan Auerbach, ex-Group Digital Life, as senior vice president-strategy and growth takes effect ... Retiring from Mellanox Technologies are Roni Ashuri, senior vice president-engineering, and Chief Operating Officer Shai Cohen, to spend more time with families ... Cox Enterprises elects Byron Trott, BDT & Co., to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Level 3 Communications, Northfork Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... Northrop Grumman, Covington and Burling, effective Jan. 1 ... Raytheon, Covington and Burling, effective Feb. 20.
Sprint hires Tracy Elizabeth Nolan, ex-Hyla Mobile, as president-general manager, Illinois and Wisconsin, new position ... Frontier Communications moves Becky Potts, ex-chief customer officer, to president, National Region ... Sukhan Kim, who has represented Samsung Electronics for more than 30 years in trade, corporate, litigation and policy matters, rejoins Arnold & Porter as a partner in the Washington office ... At Pandora, Tim Leiweke, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, elected to board, to which Roger Faxon, ex-EMI, is nominated for election, and Robert Kavner and David Sze leaving board, effective June 4 ... Lobbyist registrations: Dish Network, Kent Strategies, effective March 1 ... Viacom, Polsinelli, effective April 1.
Keith Pelley to resign as president of Rogers Media to become new commissioner and CEO of The European Tour, a global golf tour ... Entercom promotes Lance Richard to vice president-market manager, Entercom Sacramento ... Tribune President-Broadcast Media Larry Wert named to NAB TV Board ... Lobbyist registrations: Internet2, The Cormac Group, effective March 1 ... Level 3 Communications, The Cormac Group, effective Jan. 26 ... TracFone Wireless, Steptoe & Johnson, effective March 9.
Ronald Klain, Case Holdings, joins TechNet’s executive council ... IHeartMedia names Sara Morris, ex-FCC, senior director-government affairs in Washington office ... Cox Enterprises promotions: Jon Gamble to senior director-benefits; Scott McLane to director-corporate services; Angela Leung Wasmer, ex-Gap Inc., becomes senior director-corporate responsibility and public affairs ... Lobbyist registrations: Spotify, Baker & Hostetler, Forbes-Tate, Peck Madigan Jones, all effective March 1.