Liberty Latin America hires Eduardo Diaz Corona, former TracFone Wireless president-CEO, as senior vice president-general manager, Liberty Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, and adds him to its executive team, replacing Naji Khoury, who is leaving the business; Senior Vice President-Chief Customer Officer Rocio Lorenzo moves to senior vice president-general manager, Cable and Wireless Panama, following the retirement of Betzalel Kenigsztein from that role; with that change, Cable and Wireless Panama will no longer operate within Liberty’s South-Central markets “cluster” under Senior Vice President Guillermo Ponce, who will continue to oversee the company’s operations in Costa Rica and play a key role in Liberty’s Chile joint venture with America Movil; Ponce also remains a Cable and Wireless Panama board member ... E.W. Scripps Chief Legal Officer Bill Appleton retiring at the end of 2024, with Deputy General Counsel Dave Giles to replace him ... Cambium Networks, wireless networking infrastructure solutions provider, taps Chief Accounting Officer John Becerril as interim chief financial officer to replace current CFO Andrew Bronstein when he leaves the company, effective Feb. 2.
Wiley names partners Megan Brown and Duane Pozza as co-chairs-privacy, cyber and data governance practice … CW Network hires Great American Media’s Erin McIlvain, also former Dish Network, as senior vice president-affiliate distribution and marketing ... Resecurity, cybersecurity solutions provider, names IBM’s Chris Mancuso vice president-global channels and alliances.
Satellite Industry Association elects Julie Zoller of Amazon as chair, Danielle Pineres of Planet Labs PBC as vice chair and Peter Davidson of Intelsat as treasurer ... Motion Picture Association renews Chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin’s contract for a third three-year term ... Schurz Communications announces Diego Anderson, ex-Lumos, as executive vice president-broadband, following the retirement of Brian Lynch … Masimo, parent company of Denon, Marantz and Polk Audio brands, adds former Disney CEO Bob Chapek to its board ... Imax hires Anne Globe, ex-Skydance Media and former DreamWorks Animation, as chief marketing officer ... Pocket FM, audio over-the-top service, promotes Lalit Gangwar to vice president and country head-U.S.
Computer & Communications Industry Association taps Brian McMillan, former chief counsel and legislative director to Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as vice president-federal affairs ... Nielsen hires Buzzfeed’s Carole Robinson, also former Viacom, as chief communications officer ... Salem Media Group promotes Nic Anderson to vice president-government affairs and Mike Murphy to general manager-Twin Cities, succeeding Anderson ... LastPass hires Wrike’s Esther Flammer as chief marketing officer ... Toluna, market research company, promotes Scott Axcell to chief marketing officer ... AnalytixInsight, data analytics company, announces resignation of Prakash Hariharan as president, CEO and board chair; Hariharan will remain a board member and special adviser; company names director Vince Kadar board chair and Chief Operating Officer Natalie Hirsch interim president-CEO ... Onit, legal workflow solutions company, hires E2open’s Michael Farlekas as CEO, effective March 1; current CEO and co-founder Eric Elfman will move to the role of vice chairman ... Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi’s hybrid cloud management subsidiary, taps NetApp’s Octavian Tanase as chief product officer ... LocatorX, IoT supply chain company, adds CNBC market analyst Steve Grasso to its advisory board ... National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology, which is expected to operate Chips for America National Semiconductor Technology Center once established, hires Deirdre Hanford, from Synoposis, as organization’s first CEO … George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center taps Roger Nober, ex- BNSF Railway, as director.
Apple nominates former Aerospace Corp. President-CEO Wanda Austin for election to its board at Feb. 27 annual meeting; former Vice President Al Gore and James Bell, former Boeing chief financial officer and corporate president, to retire from the board this year under longstanding Apple policy that generally bars board members from running for reelection after they turn 75 ... Under succession plan, Info-Tech Research Group promotes Chief Product Officer Tom Zehren to CEO, effective Feb. 2, when current CEO David Godfrey moves to chief growth officer, newly created role ... Blackbaud software provider appoints Kristian Talvitie, PTC chief financial officer, to its board.
News Corp announces Disney’s Arthur Bochner as its next executive vice president-chief communications officer to replace Jim Kennedy when he retires later this year ... BCN Telecom promotes Ryan Kelly to executive vice president-sales ... Cisco hires Evan Viau, ex-House Commerce Committee, as senior manager-government affairs … Hotwire, global communications and marketing consultancy, promotes Ute Hildebrandt to CEO-continental Europe and Martin Opercan to managing director-Germany.
New Sinclair corporate promotions in addition to those announced in Sinclair’s Television Group and at the Tennis Channel: Barry Dubin, to senior vice president-enterprise solutions and platforms; John McClure to senior vice president and continuing as chief information security officer; Bill Medley to vice president-IT business and governance; Ethan White to vice president and remaining chief of staff; Joseph Britt to assistant vice president-tax; Darrell Rhoden to assistant vice president-controller; Christopher Scott to assistant vice president-accounting; Paul Spinelli to assistant vice president-engineering; and Nicholas Wittich to assistant vice president-associate general counsel ... Ziff Davis adds Neville Ray, former T-Mobile USA president-technology and chief technology officer, to its board ... Starbucks adds T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Grupo Bimbo CEO-Chairman Daniel Servitje to its board, expanding it to 11 members ... Credo Technology Group taps Seagate Technology’s Kate Schuelke as chief legal officer-corporate secretary, effective Jan. 26, succeeding departed Adam Thorngate-Gottlund, Credo’s general counsel.
Sinclair promotes Ryan Moore to senior vice president-chief revenue officer ... Comcast moves Mike McArdle to senior vice president-South region ... Ritter Communications advances Heath Simpson to CEO, effective Jan. 31, succeeding Alan Morse, moving to executive chairman ... LG Ad Solutions, LG’s connected TV and cross-screen advertising subsidiary, hires Verve Group’s Mike Brooks as global head-business development and partnerships ... Berkshire Partners adds Visa Executive Chairman and former CEO Alfred Kelly as an advisory director, effective in March ... Extreme Reach, creative and delivery platform, hires Jo Kinsella, ex-Innovid and former TVSquared, as group president ... Digimarc adds ServiceNow Chief Marketing Officer Michael Park to its board ... Extreme Networks promotes Norman Rice to chief commercial officer; Chief Revenue Officer Joe Vitalone resigns, remaining in an advisory role for transition.
Sinclair hires former NAB Deputy General Counsel Patrick McFadden as senior vice president-global public policy and communications ... Comcast’s Central Division, headquartered in Atlanta, hires former FedEx Chief People Officer Chris Winton, also ex-Tesla, as senior vice president-human resources ... Lumen Technologies promotes Ashley Haynes-Gaspar to executive vice president-chief revenue officer ... Scholastic taps Amazon’s Haji Glover as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 22, succeeding current CFO Ken Cleary, moving to president-international ... Twilio promotes Khozema Shipchandler to CEO and adds him to its board, succeeding co-founder Jeff Lawson, leaving as CEO and as a board member; Jeff Epstein, lead independent director since 2017, appointed board chair ... Millennium Broadband Solutions taps Red Hat’s Jim Anetsberger as its first chief revenue officer ... RingCentral adds former Twitter CFO Ned Segal to its board ... Telecommunications Law Professionals adds Lawler Metzger’s Emily Daniels and Andrew Fois as a member and an associate, respectively, and also adds Kellogg Hansen’s Ryan Walsh as an associate ... Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband announces new board members: Tracy Doaks, president-CEO, MCNC; Adam Geisler, president-chief operating officer, Tribal Ready; Luis Wong, CEO, California K-12 High Speed Network; D’Andre Weaver, chief digital equity officer, Digital Promise; and Charlotte Bewersdorff, vice president-community engagement, Merit Network.
Ad tech company VideoAmp taps former Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori, also former Discovery Communications and Fox Entertainment, as executive chairman; Ross McCray relinquishes his CEO role, moving to active founder, board member and shareholder; former Nielsen senior executive Peter Bradbury, from PwC, joins VideoAmp executive leadership team in new role as chief commercial and growth officer; newly promoted at VideoAmp are Tony Fagan to president-technology and strategy, and Josh Hudgins to chief product officer ... Sony Ventures names Kazuhito Hadano new CEO, in addition to his current roles as Sony Wireless Communications corporate executive officer, and chief financial officer, Sony Network Communications Europe; Gen Tsuchikawa, previous Sony Ventures CEO and chief investment officer, moves to chairman ... Gogo announces immediate retirement of Robert Mundheim, board member since 2012 ... Boomi, cloud-native connectivity platform, hires Matt Heinz, ex-Amplitude, as chief revenue officer ... Sabio Holdings, provider of connected TV and over-the-top advertising platforms, announces departure of Chief Growth Officer Jon Stimmel ... Akin adds Sidley Austin’s James Munsell as a partner in its investment management practice in the New York office.