Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs announces Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, former assistant director-space policy at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, as senior fellow … Eutelsat Group announces OneWeb Technologies (OWT) President-CEO Kevin Steen becomes also president-CEO Eutelsat America Corp. (EAC); OWT and EAC combined earlier this year … LiveOak Fiber promotes Chief Technology Officer Shane Schilling to chief operating officer ... Tillman Fiber hires J.P. Morgan’s Philip Cusick as chief financial officer ... New hires at VideoAmp, media measurement company: Amy Madden, ex-PwC, as senior vice president-revenue and growth; Jeff Schmidt, ex-Nielsen, as senior vice president-advertisers; and Conor Burgess, ex-Acxiom, as vice president-agency partnerships ... Similarweb, data intelligence platform, taps NielsenIQ’s Susan Dunn as chief revenue officer ... PR agency Treble forms AI practice group and names Vice President Will Kruisbrink to lead it.
Paramount announces departure of Bob Bakish as president-CEO-board member and establishes an office of the CEO consisting of George Cheeks, CBS president-CEO; Chris McCarthy, president-CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian Robbins, president-CEO, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon … Secure World Foundation promotes Krystal Azelton to senior director-program planning and Ian Christensen to senior director-private sector programs.
ASML Chief Business Officer Christophe Fouquet elevated to president-CEO, succeeding CEO Peter Wennink, retiring … Atlassian software company co-founder Scott Farquhar stepping down as co-CEO, effective Aug. 31, remaining a board member and a special adviser … IonQ, quantum computing company, names President-CEO Peter Chapman chairman and former Broadcom Chief Financial Officer Harry You lead independent director, both effective with the close of IonQ’s June 5 annual meeting.
FCC staff changes: Office of Internal Affairs’ Nese Guendelsberger moves to acting legal adviser-wireless to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, succeeding Shiva Goel (see 2404250030 and 2404240059); Marco Peraza, wireline adviser to Commissioner Nathan Simington, leaves to become attorney adviser to FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson; and Darryl Cooper of the Disability Rights Office and Pamela Smith of the Office of General Counsel, retiring … Shutts & Bowen hires Patricia Flanagan, ex-Fox Rothschild, as partner-trademark and copyright.
TWN Communications, supplier of commercial and residential broadband services to rural electric cooperatives, taps former FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein as executive vice president-chief strategy and external affairs officer ... NCTA hires NTIA’s Russ Hanser as deputy chief legal officer ... Incompas adds DC Blox CEO Jeff Uphues to its board ... Silicon Labs taps board member Bob Conrad, also a former Texas Instruments and Analog Devices executive, as senior vice president-worldwide operations; Sandeep Kumar, who currently leads global operations, will depart Silicon Labs in 2024's second half ... New IAB hires: Cintia Gabilan, ex-Amazon and Meta, as vice president-IAB Media Center; Arlene Mu, ex-Lowe's, as assistant general counsel; and Nadine Karp McHugh, ex-Goldman Sachs, as executive in residence ... Ivanti, IT and security company, adds Proofpoint’s Alex Lei, also former Dell Technologies, as senior vice president-sales, Asia Pacific and Japan ... Streaming media company FreeCast rehires Chris Savine, ex-Netscape and AOL Time Warner, as chief operations officer and head-finance; he previously was FreeCast’s chief financial officer from 2014 to 2020 ... Involta, provider of data center and cloud infrastructure and services, hires Everstream Solutions' Dereck Wischmeyer as general counsel.
Ziff Davis hires Gannett’s Kate Gutman, also former A+E, as executive vice president-general manager of its tech media group ... Penn Entertainment adds Aaron LaBerge, former Disney Entertainment and ESPN president-chief technology officer, as CTO, effective July 1 ... Washington Technology Industry Association promotes Kelly Fukai to chief operating officer ... Consilio, legal tech solutions provider, taps John Hale, ex-Kelly Services, also former Microsoft, as chief marketing officer ... 9fin, news and analytics platform for debt capital markets, promotes Will Caiger-Smith to vice president-content, newly created role ... VNET Group, internet data center services provider in China, announces resignation of CEO Jeff Dong for personal reasons, and names Josh Sheng Chen, VNET founder and co-chair, as his interim replacement.
Symphony Wireless hires Bernard Borghei, ex-Tower Engineering Professionals, as CEO ... Family entertainment company WildBrain adds Norton Rose’s Mark Trachuk, also former Entertainment One, as general counsel and as corporate secretary to WildBrain’s board, succeeding James Bishop, departed ... DoorDash adds former Amazon executive Jeffrey Blackburn to its board, effective May 8; Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters won’t stand for reelection to DoorDash board when his term expires at June’s annual meeting ... The Arena Group promotes Sara Silverstein to CEO; former CEO Cavitt Randall remains chairman ... Contrast Security, application security vendor, hires Shay Mowlem, ex-NinjaOne, as chief marketing officer.
Whalar Group, creator ecosystem company, names co-founders Neil Waller and James Street co-CEOs, effective immediately, and hires Edelman’s Christoph Becker as its first chief creative officer; current CEO Rob Horler to relinquish his role, returning to Whalar board, effective May 1 ... MediaCo acquires all of Estrella Media’s network, content, digital and commercial operations, and taps New Majority Ready’s Jacqueline Hernandez, also former Telemundo chief operating officer and ex-NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises chief marketing officer, as interim CEO of the combined assets ... Mitel hires Bill Dunnion, ex-Calian Group, as chief information security officer ... MainStreaming, media delivery platform, hires ex-Joyn CEO-Chief Technology Officer Tassilo Raesig, also former Sony Europe head-digital and media strategy, as chief operating officer ... InfoVision, IT services company, adds Live Earth Chairperson Radhika Venkatraman, also former 20-year Verizon veteran, to its advisory board.
Washington Technology Industry Association elevates Vice Chair Kristen Forecki to chair, succeeding Dave Cotter, remaining on the board as chair emeritus; Forecki is Microsoft’s senior director-experiences and devices strategy ... Wolters Kluwer appoints Atul Dubey as general manager of its finance, risk and regulatory reporting business, and names Suzanne Konstance to succeed Dubey as general manager-Wolters Kluwer Legal and Regulatory U.S., both effective May 1 ... Digicel Group hires Tigo’s Leopoldo Gutierrez as chief financial officer, effective May 1.
Identiv, digital security and identification verification company, taps Avery Dennison’s Kirsten Newquist as president-IoT solutions; she becomes CEO, effective with Identiv’s Q3 closing of its Vitaprotech security solutions company acquisition ... Skydweller Aero, space telecom company, hires former SpaceX and Impulse Space executive Barry Matsumori as president-chief operating officer ... Channel V Media, communications strategy and PR firm, expands its content marketing practice, adding Gabriella Bock, from Rethink Retail, as director-content.