FTC moves Pauline Ippolito to Bureau of Economics acting director, with Director Howard Shelanski having left Tuesday to become administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory affairs after his Senate confirmation June 27 … CTIA promotes Mark Sargent to vice president-certifications, Jaime Hjort to assistant vice president-government affairs and Will Colbert to director-Web & digital technology … Steptoe & Johnson hires Robert Rogers, ex-International Trade Commission administrative law judge, as senior counsel-Intellectual Property Department … MTN Satellite Communications hires Chris Leber, ex-ViaSat, as executive vice president-commercial business development, and Mark Walter, ex-Sheridan Healthcare, as chief financial officer, as CFO Peg Grayson moved to MTN Government Services and is president there, where MTN founder Richard Hadsall is chief technology officer, and as vice presidents are Mike Shakarji, ex-Inmarsat, for business development, and Catherine Melquist, ex-Astrium Services, for market development.
Paul Hastings hires Sherrese Smith, ex-FCC chief counsel to then-Chairman Julius Genachowski, as partner-Telecommunications, Media and Technology and Privacy and Data Security practices … Time Warner Inc. promotes Jennifer Dorian to chief strategy officer, Turner Entertainment Networks … Acta Consulting wireless strategy firm names telecom expert Ronald Tonge CEO … Broadcom hires Ting Wei Li, ex-Marvell, as senior vice president-sales for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and president-greater China … Mformation mobility management firm hires David Shimoni, ex-Funambol, as executive vice president, global sales and business development … Extreme Networks hires Allison Amadia, ex-legal consultant to companies including Good Technology and MoSys, as vice president and general counsel.
Samsung Electronics moves Gregory Lee to president-Samsung Telecommunications America, as outgoing President Dale Sohn returns to Korea as executive adviser to J.K. Shin, co-CEO of the IT & Mobile Communications division at Samsung … New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute names Bruce Schneier, security expert, program fellow to work on privacy and security issues.
Texas Cable Association elects: Craig D'Agostini, Comcast, chairman; Todd Baxter, Time Warner Cable, vice chairman; Kathy Brabson, Time Warner Cable, secretary; Kenny Walker, Cable One, treasurer; and directors Gary Underwood, Charter Communications; Leo Munoz and Michael Bybee, both Comcast; and Shawn Beqaj, BCI Broadband … Lobbying registrations: CEA, SBL Strategies, effective July 1 … E-911 location technology company TruePosition, Venable, effective May 24.
European Broadcasting Union names Simon Fell, Digital Television Group, director-technology & innovation, effective Aug. 15 … Discovery Communications promotes Executive Vice President Todd Davis to oversee tax and treasury worldwide … Viacom promotes to Nickelodeon Animation vice presidents-current series Megan Casey and Claudia Spinelli … EMC Corp. adds William Green, ex-Accenture, to board.
Tellabs acting Chief Financial Officer Tom Minichiello resigns July 12 to become CFO at Westell … Filip Technologies, maker of a wearable locator and phone for kids that is changing its name from Evado Filip, hires Jonathan Peachey, ex-Virgin Group, as CEO … Comcast’s NBC Owned Television Stations promotes to senior vice president Meredith McGinn for Cozi TV Network and LX.TV Productions and Jeff Kurtz for digital media and multicast sales … Moffett Research hires media analyst Michael Nathanson, ex-Nomura Securities, and firm will be called MoffettNathanson … Disney’s board extends tenure of CEO and Chairman Robert Iger through the expiration of his contract on June 30, 2016 … Sundance Channel hires TV producer Alysse Bezahler as vice president/head of production, and earlier this year promoted Christian Vesper to senior vice president-scripted development and current … Viacom’s Nickelodeon Group promotes Andrea Fasulo to senior vice president-retail and movie marketing … Univision Radio promotes Andrew Olivera to general manager/director of sales for Austin, Texas, stations … Comcast hires Matthew Fassnacht, ex-Cox Communications, as vice president, Comcast Business, for the Washington State region … AT&T adds Cindy Taylor, Oil States International, to board … Arris adds Doreen Toben, ex-Verizon, to board.
Changes at CEA: Michael Bergman, ex-Kenwood, joins as senior director-technology and standards; Laurie Ann Phillips departs as senior director-industry and policy communications, plans unannounced … Congressional Hispanic Caucus hires Kristian Ramos, ex-21st Century Border Initiative, as communications director, and she’s replaced at the initiative by Emma Buckhout, ex-Latin America Working Group … AMC hires Eliot Goldberg, ex-CMT, as senior vice president-unscripted programming … Madica Productions digital, TV and film new production company started by Sunshine Sachs’ Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs hires Jeff Tahler, ex-FremantleMedia, as managing director … National Emergency Number Association board includes: Buster Brown, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, as president; Christy Williams, North Central Texas Council of Governments, first vice president; and Cheri Lynn Rockwell, of Chico, Calif., second vice president … Lobbying registrations: NetChoice, Bingham McCutchen, effective June 25 … Good Technology, Franklin Square Group, effective April 1.
Akamai hires Lauren Van Wazer, ex-Office of Science and Technology Policy, as vice president-global public policy, new position … Aerospace Industries Association hires Mary Jane Mitchell, ex-Department of Defense, as assistant vice president-acquisition policy … Discovery Communications promotes Charlie Foley to executive vice president of newly created Original Content Group … Foxxum smart TV technology company hires John Anderson, ex-Amino Communications and ANT Software, as senior vice president-business development … Electronic Frontier Foundation adds Bruce Schneier, cryptography expert and author, to board.
Jason Friedrich moves from Google’s former Motorola Mobility unit to Arris, which bought the business, as head-U.S. government & regulatory affairs … Westell Technologies names Richard Cremona, ex-Kentrox which was recently acquired by the company, as chief operating officer … Clear Channel promotes Rhonda Lapham to market manager, Providence, R.I., new position … Discovery Communications hires Stephanie Fried, ex-Vevo, as vice president-digital insights & marketing, Digital Media group.
Wilkinson Barker hires Elizabeth Stewart, ex-Love and Long, as of counsel, to work on media matters … Senate Finance Committee adds Elissa Alben, ex-Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, on Democratic staff as international trade counsel for issues including Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and World Trade Organization … Brightcove hires Thomas Nielsen, ex-RealNetworks, as senior vice president-products … Broadband and telecom consultant Magellan Advisers hires Kyle Hollifield, ex-BVU Authority, as senior vice president-marketing and business development, effective in August.