Quarterhill names Chair John Gillberry interim CEO, replacing Bret Kidd, who resigns as president-CEO and from the board, effective immediately; Gillberry will remain in the role until a permanent CEO is found, and he won’t seek reelection to the board at 2023 annual meeting ... Identity verification provider Veriff names Typeform's Hubert Behaghel, also ex-Sky, vice president-engineering ... Green data centers developer Soluna Holdings promotes John Belizaire to CEO, in addition to his role as CEO of subsidiary Soluna Computing; he succeeds Michael Toporek, who becomes executive chairman, replacing William Phelan, moving to lead independent director; all the changes are effective by April 30 ...Talkdesk hires William Welch, ex-Zscaler and Duo Security, as president-chief operating officer ... Technology and services provider Advanced Systems Group names Sam Craig, ex-Grass Valley, vice president-cloud production engineering.
Fox promotes Kristopher Jones to corporate executive vice president and head-government relations head and Jamie Gillespie to executive vice president-government relations … OneNeck IT Solutions promotes Chief Operating Officer Ted Wiessing to president-CEO, succeeding Terry Swanson, leaving after six years ... Ipsos names Klaviyo’s Tom Juetten executive vice president-service line lead, U.S. innovation practice ... TE Connectivity elects Engie Chairman Jean-Pierre Clamadieu to its board ... EBay adds Shripriya Mahesh, co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Spero Ventures, to its board as an independent director; she had several eBay executive roles earlier in her career ... Lithium-ion battery recycler Li-Cycle nominates Susan Alban, chief people officer-operating partner at venture capital firm Renegade Partners, for election to its board at April 27 annual meeting.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Toni McGowan, Office of Managing Director deputy chief-performance evaluation and records management; Christina Clearwater, Wireless Bureau associate chief-competition and Infrastructure Division; and Joe Husnay, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau electronics engineer; she also announces as employees of the year Scott Noveck, Office of General Counsel, for his efforts to revoke authorization for China Telecom, and Sue Sterner, Office of Economics and Analytics, for her contributions to four agency auctions.
Iyauta Green, ex-Department of Housing and Urban Development, joins Copyright Office as deputy director-operations … Cincinnati Bell announces April 1 effective date for retirements of altfiber Chief Operating Officer Thomas Simpson and Vice President-General Counsel Christopher Wilson; company became known in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana as altfiber after completion last March of its purchase by Macquarie … Sierra Space taps former Boeing government relations executive Tim Keating as chief strategy officer and senior vice president-global government operations, in charge of newly created strategy and government affairs group ...
Purdue University’s Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy names Janice DeGarmo, ex-State Department, chief operating officer … Sourcepass, IT services and cybersecurity company, names Trax Group’s Daman Wood, also ex-Vonage, chief operating officer ... Digital resilience platform Red Sift names NATO’s cybersecurity curriculum lead Sean Costigan director-cyber policy ... Roberts Communications Network appoints Jonathan Crawford, ex-The Spaceconnection, president of new Broadcast and Media Services Division.
Orrick adds Jamie Evans from Fenwick & West to its tech capital markets practice ... Cloud contact Center Talkdesk names Cohesity’s Andrew Dobrov, also former EMC and Hewlett-Packard, chief customer officer ... Disney promotes Sonia Coleman to senior executive vice president-chief human resources officer, effective April 8, succeeding Paul Richardson, leaving the company after 15 years BAE Systems hires Intel’s Lisa Malloy as senior vice president-communications ... ServiceNow names former U.S. Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer global head-public sector, newly created role ... Surveillance software company Evolon Technology names Robert Putica, ex-Dell Technologies, vice president-sales ... A360media names recently hired Chief Content Officer Amanda Dameron interim editor-in-chief of Us Weekly, assuming role vacated by recent departure of James Robertson.
FirstNet names Joseph Wassel, from DOD’s Defense Information Systems Agency Cyberspace Operations Directorate, executive director (see 2303100023) … National Space Society names Isaac Arthur of Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur president, succeeding Michelle Hanlon, now president emerita … Kelley Drye names Stroock & Stroock’s Ralph Allen chief operating officer ... Security tech company DCS promotes Raul Sagun to chief growth officer … Cynthia Gaylor to leave as DocuSign chief financial officer, staying on through filing of financial results for its fiscal Q1 ending May 31; company launches search for successor ... Venture capital firm G2 Venture Partners tech investing firm names former Vertiv CEO Rob Johnson an operating partner.
Global Cyber Alliance names Komal Bazaz Smith, project director-U.S. Agency for International Development’s Digital Connectivity & Cybersecurity Partnership programs, chief business officer … Metaverse company TerraZero Technologies names former Silicon Holler partner Chuck Toussieng chief information officer, and promotes Brandon Johnson and Ryan Kieffer to co-chief operating officers ... Mitre promotes Stephanie Turner to vice president-diversity and chief sustainability officer, newly created role.
Krebs Stamos Group names former inaugural fellow Micah McCutchan president-chief operating officer ... Roku taps Stitch Fix’s Dan Jedda, also former Amazon, as chief financial officer, effective May 1, succeeding Steve Louden, who said last year he's leaving Roku and will stay on until August ... American Software adds PDI Technologies CFO Nicole Wu to its board ... Security company Netography names Tripwire’s David Meltzer its first chief product officer.
Nielsen names LiveRamp’s Warren Jenson, also ex-Amazon, chief financial officer, effective April 15, replacing Linda Zukauckas, who left last month ... Newly added to Imax board: Gail Berman, chair-CEO of production studio The Jackal Group, also former Paramount Pictures president; and Reddit Chief Operating Officer Jen Wong, also former Time Inc. president-digital ... Changes at Domo, low-code data app platform: John Mellor departs as CEO and board member, replaced by founder Josh James; David Jolley, ex-Ernst & Young, named chief financial officer, replacing Bruce Felt, who previously announced his departure; Jeff Skousen promoted to chief revenue officer, succeeding Ian Tickle; Dan Strong, ex-Signifyd, and Renee Soto, co-founding partner of Reevemark, join Domo board, which expands to seven members.