Perkins Coie hires Kimberly Reindl, ex-Akin Gump, as senior counsel in Washington office, where she will advise new-media clients on FCC issues … Tribune Co. hires Shashi Seth, ex-Yahoo, as president of newly formed unit Tribune Digital Ventures … Time Warner Cable promotes Deborah Picciolo to senior vice president-technical operations, residential … Slacker streaming music service hires John Hayase, ex-Elastic Path, as chief product officer … Comcast’s NBC Owned Television Stations promotes Jeff Morris to senior vice president-operations and technology … SQAD TV and radio digital cost-analysis firm promotes Samantha Marlowe to vice president-regional sales … Mformation Software Technologies hires Kevin Wood, ex-Airwide Solutions, as president and CEO, succeeding Todd DeLaughter, who will be a strategic adviser to the mobility management solution provider … Soonr enterprise mobile collaboration service provider hires: Victoria Grey, ex-Nexsan, as chief marketing officer, and Brent Maxwell, formerly of Hewlett-Packard, as vice president-business development … New to board of Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Educational Foundation are: Matt Bond, NBCUniversal; Coleman Breland, Turner Broadcasting System; and Bill Goetz, Time Warner Cable … Lobbying registration: ZTE, Podesta Group, effective April 4.
U.S. Cellular promotes Grant Spellmeyer to vice president-federal affairs and public policy … Telemundo Media hires David Alvarado, ex-EMI Music/Capitol Latin, as vice president-entertainment publicity … Philip Christopher, ex-Audiovox and UTStarcom, says he will start American Network Solutions, a consulting firm to the telecom industry of which he'll be CEO and president … CTIA adds to board for rest of year as small carrier representatives: Conrad Hunter, nTelos Wireless, and Richard Ruhl, Pioneer Cellular … Among directors of new machine-to-machine association International M2M Council are: Patrick Shay, Orbcomm; Juergen Hase, Deutsche Telekom; and Chris Baker, Oracle.
Comcast’s NBCUniversal hires Deborah Turness, ex-ITV News, as president, NBC News, effective Aug. 5 … Tellabs Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Andrew Szafran resigns for personal reasons unrelated to the company’s operations, financial reporting or business outlook, replaced as CFO on acting basis by Tom Minichiello, vice president-finance and chief accounting officer … Cablevision hires Frank Mansour, ex-FreshDirect, as executive vice president-customer service, new position … Firetide wireless mesh networking firm hires John McCool, ex-Cisco, as president and CEO.
Senate unanimously confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary … Hearst Television promotes Michael Hayes to senior vice president/group head … Departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski names to Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council: Larissa Herda, tw telecom, chairman; and members include Brian Allen, Time Warner Cable; Robert Azzi, Sprint Nextel; Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium; Lynn Claudy, NAB; Donna Dodson, National Institute of Standards and Technology; David Donovan, New York State Broadcasters Association; Andy Ellis, Akamai; Brook Fitzsimmons, AT&T; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Peter Fonash, Department of Homeland Security; Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association; Robert Gessner, American Cable Association; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Center for Democracy and Technology; Rodney Joffe, Neustar; Brian Josef, CTIA; Omar Khan, NQ Mobile; Brett Kilbourne, Utilities Telecom Council; Alice Lippert, Department of Energy; John Madden, National Emergency Management Association; Kyle Malady, Verizon; Sam Matheny, Capitol Broadcasting; John McCoskey, PBS; Danny McPherson, Verisign; Ann Miles, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Michael Mosher, T-Mobile USA; Mehran Nazari, Rural Telecommunications Group; Henry Wayne Pacine, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Mark Paese, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Damon Penn, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Brian Peretti, Treasury Department; Francisco Sánchez Jr., Harris County, Texas, Homeland Security and Emergency Management; William Schully, DirecTV; Bill Smith, PayPal; Gigi Smith, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials; Myrna Soto, Comcast Cable; Steve Souder, Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Safety Communications; Dorothy Spears-Dean, Virginia Wireless E-911 Services Board; Rao Vasireddy, Telecommunications Industry Association; Christian Vogler, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network; Tim Walden, CenturyLink; Geoffrey Why, NARUC; Pamela Witmer, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission … Mindspeed Technologies adds Fared Adib, Sprint Nextel, to board.
Cablevision promotes James Nuzzo to senior executive vice president-operations and business planning … CBS hires Elizabeth Tumulty, ex-CW Network, as executive vice president-affiliate relations, CBS Television Network … Tribune Co. hires Melanie Hughes, ex-own consulting practice, as executive vice president-human resources … For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology names Don Bossi, ex-Cidra Holdings, president … Entercom hires Steve Sinicropi, ex-Cox Media Group, as vice president/market manager, Greenville, S.C.
News Corp. hires Antoinette Cook Bush, ex-Skadden Arps, as executive vice president and global head-government affairs for the new News Corp. publishing firm to be formed when the company separates into two, effective June 24 … CompTel hires Angie Kronenberg, ex-aide to FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as chief advocate and general counsel, effective June 3 … U.S. Commerce Department changes effective June 1: General Counsel Cameron Kerry named acting secretary, and National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher to be department’s acting deputy secretary, as Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank departs as planned to be chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Penny Pritzker continues start of confirmation process to be permanent secretary … Cablevision promotes Clifford Harris to senior vice president-law, programming … Liberty Global promotes Robert Dunn to chief financial officer, Virgin Media, once Liberty buys that company, succeeding Eamonn O'Hare, leaving to pursue new opportunities, as Dunn will be replaced as managing director, Liberty’s UPC Netherlands, by Baptiest Coopmans, ex-KPN … Southern California Broadcasters Association names Thom Callahan, ex-Callahan Communications, as president … Aframe cloud video company hires from Sega: Mike Hayes, as chairman; and Gary Knight, chief operating officer … HSN Inc. promotes: Judy Schmeling to chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Michael Attinella to CFO, HSN business, and chief accounting officer, HSNi; Patrick Vonderhaar to CFO, Cornerstone Brands; and to executive vice presidents Rob Solomon for customer care & operations administration, HSNi, and Bob Monti for supply chain & logistics, HSNi … Lobbying registrations: Nokia, Alston & Bird, effective April 1 … Vodafone, Hogan Lovells, effective April 9 … Wireless carrier Continuum 700, Madison Group, effective May 6.
Windstream hires Randy Nicklas, formerly of XO Communications, as executive vice president- engineering, and chief technology officer … RIAA promotes Steven Marks to newly created position of chief-digital business, and he remains general counsel … CableLabs hires Tom Lookabaugh, ex-ViaSat, as executive vice president-R&D … MIPI Alliance, which develops interface specifications for mobile and related industries, promotes Peter Lefkin to full-time managing director, and hires Mike Krell, ex-Alereon, as director-marketing and membership … Tollgrade Communications hires James Andrus, ex-Echelon Corp., as vice president-global smart grid sales … Wohler Technologies promotes John Terrey to vice president-sales … FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee open slots filled by: Sonja Reece, mayor pro tem of Normal, Ill., for municipal seat; and Susie Allen, Colville Confederated Tribes, tribal seat.
Nomination sent to the Senate for Ryan Crocker to be member of Broadcasting Board of Governors for term expiring Aug. 13, replacing Victor Ashe, whose term expired, and for Crocker to be reappointed to BBG for a term ending Aug. 13, 2016 … New York State Wireless Association elections to board include: Christopher Fisher, Cuddy & Feder, as president; and as directors Stephen Banks, KMB Design Group; David Bronson, Phillips Lytle; Carl Calabrese, Masiello, Martucci, Calabrese & Associates; and Joseph Messineo, AT&T.
Media securities sales: Nielsen said as many as 40.25 million shares will be sold by some existing investors in a secondary offering in which the company won’t get any proceeds (http://bit.ly/166v1rJ). That stake is worth about $1.43 billion at current prices. ... Suddenlink affiliates are offering $750 million of senior notes due in 2021, and will use the proceeds to buy back other bonds maturing in 2017, the cable operator said in a news release Monday (http://bit.ly/11yTVyQ).
Nominations sent to Senate for previously announced presidential plans to appoint: Penny Pritzker secretary of commerce, replacing John Bryson, resigned; Tom Wheeler to be FCC member for term expiring June 30, replacing outgoing Chairman Julius Genachowski, and also for a five-year term as a reappointment starting July 1 … Triton Digital promotes Jean-François Gadoury to chief technology officer.