FCC names Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, chief technology officer … Robert Davis, former aide to FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz and antitrust litigator, joins Venable as of counsel in the regulatory practice … Sidera Networks names Clint Heiden, ex-PAETEC, president … John Coyle, ex-U.S. Cellular, becomes Maddock Douglas senior vice president-innovation … Changes at Minority Media & Telecom Council: Henry Rivera becomes chairman emeritus; New board members are Chair Julia Johnson, ex-Florida PSC, Vice Chair Deborah Tate, ex-FCC, Treasurer Ronald Johnson, Ronson Network Services, Maurita Coley moves to vice president-chief operating officer … Fox Sports Media Group promotes Scott Ackerson to interim president of Speed, effective Jan. 1 … Kevin Bankston, ex-Electronic Frontier Foundation, joins Center for Democracy and Technology as senior counsel and director of CDT’s Free Expression Project … Jeffrey Eisenach, Navigant Economics, joins board of Information Technology & Innovation Foundation … New Wireless Innovation Forum board members: Terry Anderson, ITT Exelis; Boya Lu, Huawei; Raghavan Muralidharan, Tata SED; and Kuan Collins, SAIC.
Richard Wiley becomes chairman of Wiley Rein, effective Jan. 1, with Peter Shields succeeding him as managing partner … Sean Lev, ex-Department of Energy, hired by FCC as deputy general counsel and special advisor to Chairman Julius Genachowski on the transition to Internet Protocol networks … Named chairs in Wiley Rein’s Telecommunications Group: Helgi Walker, Communications Appellate Group; Andrew McBride, Communications Litigation Group; David Gross, International Telecommunications Group; Jennifer Hindin, Satellite Group; Bennett Ross, Telephony Group; Nancy Victory, Wireless Group … David Wolkis promoted to vice president of production for TNT and TBS Originals.
Changes at Dish Network: Warren Schlichting, ex-Comcast, named senior vice president of media sales; Keith Nyhouse and Stephanie Pence, both ex-Qwest, join Dish as vice presidents of e-commerce and national advertising, respectively … Thomas Carson, Rovi executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, named CEO, replacing Fred Amoroso, effective immediately … Tom Rutledge steps down as Cablevision Systems chief operating officer … Hunter Nickell resigns as president, Speed network, will “explore opportunities within the Fox Sports Media Group,” replacement not yet named … New Media Strategies Founder and Chief Executive Officer Pete Snyder resigns to form venture capital firm.
Geir Bryn-Jensen advanced to Nevion CEO … Timothy Wiggins resigns as executive vice president and chief financial officer, Tellabs; successor to be named … Marc Juris promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of truTV … Shea Guinn, ex-IMG, named senior vice president of Turner Live Events, a new department in TBS’s Ad Sales Division … Scott Sprague, SES senior vice president global sales, announces resignation, successor not named; appointed executives of newly formed SES sales regions: Elias Zaccack, Americas; Ferenc Szelenyi, Europe; Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou, Africa; Deepak Mathur, Asia Pacific/India/Middle East … Correction: Doug Hochstadt, David Mayber and Tom Watson were promoted to senior vice presidents, ABC Sales (CD Dec 14 p19).
Promoted to senior vice presidents, NBC Sales: Doug Hochstadt, planning and proposals; David Mayber, Central Division, succeeding retiring Michael Rubin; Tom Watson, team leader; Marco Forte, advances to vice president, Primetime Sales … Berry Jasin, ex-CBS, named vice president of national sales of Spanish Broadcasting System’s (SBS) Consolidated Operations; Eric Osuna, ex-Univision Radio, joins as vice president of sales, SBS Los Angeles.
Bob Stohrer, ex-Sprint, named chief marketing officer, Clear Channel Digital … David Evans, ex-Gerson Lehman Group, appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president, content and experience, at the Direct Marketing Association … Raul Rodriguez, ex-Journal Communications, joins Univision San Francisco as vice president and general manager … Bart Palmer, ex-Discovery Communications, named chief technology officer, GlobeCast Americas … Arris adds Andrew Heller, Turner Broadcasting System, to board… Jeffrey H. Blum, DISH Network, becomes chairman of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association board; new SBCA members: Allen McCabe, Hughes Network Systems: Dan Turak, WildBlue Communications; Robert Byrd, Galaxy 1 Marketing; and Zach McGuire, MasTec Advanced Technologies … Lobbyist Registrations: Amazon, Covington & Burling, effective Oct. 24.
Susan Shipsky, ex-MaxMedia, becomes Turner Broadcasting vice president-production.
Bravo Media names Jamie Cutburth, ex-History Channel, vice president-ad sales marketing … Zell Miller retires from Gray Television board … New board members at mobile ad firm Tapjoy: Steve Wadsworth, ex-Disney Interactive Media, and Robert Call, General Atlantic.
Comcast promotes Neil Smit to CEO, Comcast Cable … Karis Hastings, ex-Hogan Lovells, forms SatCom Law … Radio Television Digital News Association names Mike Cavender, ex-CBS, executive director … New at Discovery: Elizabeth Newel, ex-GE, to lead global mergers and acquisitions, and Savalle Sims, ex-Arent Fox, to oversee litigation and trademark teams … Retired Adm. Eric Olson joins Iridium board … Mobile Marketing Association changes: Cameron Clayton, Weather Channel, becomes chairman; Jack Philbin, Vibes, replaces him as secretary; Jack Haber, Colgate-Palmolive, and Bob Liodice, Association of National Advertisers, join board.
Nexstar Broadcasting promotes Rick Rogala to senior vice president-sales … IFC promotes Andrew Siegal to new post of vice president-production.