Booz Allen taps Bill Vass, ex-Amazon Web Services, as chief technology officer, effective Monday ... Transmedia company Elf Labs hires screenwriter-director Alyse Rosenberg as senior vice president-content ... Aventi Group, product marketing agency, adds Healy Marketing Group founder Kate Loomis, also former Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks, as partner ... WiSA Technologies, wireless audio technology developer, adds Sparc Group’s Kimberly Briskey to its board ... Ayar Labs, optical interconnect solutions provider, appoints former Intel executive Pooya Tadayon as vice president-packaging and test ... Microdisplay developer Kopin elects President-CEO Michael Murray board chair, succeeding retiring Jim Brewington, and adds Margaret Seif, former Analog Devices chief people officer and chief legal officer, to its board ... Barnes & Noble Education promotes Executive Vice President-Retail Jonathan Shar to CEO, succeeding departed Michael Huseby ... Boxlight, interactive technology provider, names Dale Strang CEO; he was interim CEO since January ... Chipmaker Sheba Microsystems adds former Sand 9, Vesper and Qualcomm executive Matt Crowley as senior strategic adviser ... Horizon3.ai, autonomous security provider, names Jill Passalacqua, ex-JumpCloud, chief legal officer.
Barracuda Networks hires former Check Point Software executive Geoff Waters, also ex-VMware, as chief revenue officer ... Xperi adds former Netflix President-Worldwide Advertising Jeremi Gorman and Roderick Randall, Siris Capital Group executive partner, to its board, expanding it to seven members ... SolarWinds hires Actian CEO Lewis Black, also former Nexmo, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and Citrix, as chief financial officer, effective in August, to succeed departing Barton Kalsu, remaining CFO through Aug. 15 and serving in an advisory capacity thereafter ... NetApp names Pure Storage’s Mike Sakalas vice president-U.S. enterprise sales ... Cybersecurity company LogRhythm adds former Deloitte and Compuware executive Pete Harteveld as leader-value creation, in preparation for the company’s upcoming combination with Exabeam ... Empower, retirement services provider, hires broadcast journalist Vanessa Welch, ex-WFXT Boston 25 News, as vice president-financial insights, newly created role ... Builder.ai, composable software platform, taps former Amazon Alexa executive Craig Saunders as vice president-AI ... Nexstar Media Group hires Amazon’s Lisa Taylor as senior vice president-digital advertising sales.
Digital Turbine taps Michael Akkerman, former Uber general manager-mobility advertising, as chief business officer ... Seagate Technology hires Jim Lee, ex-Maxar Technologies, as senior vice president-chief legal officer and corporate secretary ... LG Ad Solutions, connected TV and cross-screen advertising platform, promotes Senior Vice President-Engineering Dave Rudnick to chief technology officer ... Bridge Growth Partners, tech investment firm, taps former Siris Capital Group principal Prosper Vignone, also former IBM vice president-corporate development and business development, as a senior adviser ... Cybersecurity company Sevco Security names Michael Persechini, ex-Interpres Security, senior vice president-global sales ... ICANN selects London Internet Exchange CEO Kurt Lindqvist as president-CEO, effective December; Sally Costerton continues until then as interim president-CEO … Crest Hill Advisors taps Ken Turner, former DOD deputy director-spectrum, as senior adviser … Quadra Partners announces Brian Regan, ex- Aura Network Systems and former National Spectrum Consortium executive committee member, as firm’s first managing director.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Mark Nadel, attorney-adviser, Wireline Bureau, and Diane Burstein, deputy chief, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau … NAB announces election results, including newly elected to radio board: Collin Jones, Cumulus Media executive vice president-corporate strategy and development/Westwood One president, chair; Kevin Perry, Perry Publishing and Broadcasting president-CEO, first vice chair; and Leonard Wheeler, Mel Wheeler president, second vice chair; to television board: Lynn Beall, Tegna executive vice president-chief operating officer, media operations, first vice chair; Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley, second vice chair; RaMona Alexander, American Spirit Media vice president-general manager, WDBD and corporate programming, third vice chair.; and to designated TV network seat on executive committee: Keith Murphy, Paramount senior vice president-regulatory counsel; NAB also appoints Pilar Ramos, TelevisaUnivision executive vice president-general counsel-corporate secretary, to fill vacancy on TelevisaUnivision’s television board.
GeoLinks, internet and digital voice company, hires Christine Morris, a former Frontier Communications and CenturyLink executive, as senior vice president-sales and marketing ... Booz Allen appoints former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Scott Berrier as a senior vice president in its national security business ... Celestial AI, optical interconnect technology provider, taps former Siprocal and Astra Space executive Kelyn Brannon as chief financial officer ... HG Insights, data analytics platform for tech companies, appoints former SolarWinds Chief Product Officer Rohini Kasturi as CEO and board member ... Clari, AI-powered revenue platform, hires former Envoy and Skybox Security executive Claire Darling as chief marketing officer.
Conceal, browser security company, adds Arctic Wolf founder and former Blue Coat Systems CEO Brian NeSmith, and Diane Honda, former Barracuda Networks chief administrative officer, general counsel and secretary, to its board ... Rakuten France names Cedric Dufour as its new president, effective July 1, in addition to his current role as CEO at Rakuten International’s Rakuten TV; current Rakuten France President-CEO Fabien Versavau leaving the company to pursue new opportunities ... New board appointments at Npower, national tech training nonprofit: Sandra Peterson, global head-enterprise excellence, Citi's Operations & Technology organization; Guy Fruda, chief technology support leader, Deloitte Technology-U.S.; and Neil McGowan, chief revenue officer, Hitachi Vantara ... Evolution Equity Partners, cybersecurity venture capital firm, adds Sinet CEO Heather Rodriguez as a venture partner, and leader of the firm’s chief information security officer advisory council.
Spectrum Effect, provider of RF interference analysis and mitigation solutions to the wireless industry, hires former Nokia North America President Shaun McCarthy as president and chief revenue officer ... AST SpaceMobile, developer of space-based cellular broadband network accessible from “everyday smartphones,” adds former Vodafone and Ericsson executive Johan Wibergh to its board; Wibergh also will chair AST board’s newly formed network planning and spectrum committee ... Martello Technologies Group announces resignation of former BT Group Managing Director Mike Galvin from its board for personal reasons ... Everbridge, supplier of national public warning software solutions, hires Pamela Larson, ex-Twilio, as chief security officer, North America ... Cyble, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions provider, adds former EY executive Steve Ingram to its advisory board ... Boomi, intelligent integration and automation platform, promotes Chief Accounting Officer Jessica Soisson to chief financial officer.
Consulting firm Crest Hill Advisors taps Kyle Victor, ex-VMware global head-government relations and public policy, as founder of its legislative practice; Victor also is former legislative director to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., ranking member on House Communications and Technology Subcommittee ... Wilkinson Barker rehires Karen Milne, former TelevisaUnivision senior vice president-U.S. regulatory, as a partner in its D.C. office ... Responsive, strategic response management software provider, forms advisory board whose inaugural members include: Lakecia Gunter, chief technology officer, Microsoft Global Partner Solutions; Dan Springer, former DocuSign CEO; Stephen Diorio, managing director, the Revenue Enablement Institute; and Amy Wilkinson, Ingenuity CEO and lecturer in management, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business ... Viad, trade show exhibition services provider, promotes Derek Linde to president of its GES business, in addition to his existing role as Viad’s chief operating officer ... Lattice Semiconductor names Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer Esam Elashmawi interim CEO; President-CEO Jim Anderson departs to pursue an opportunity at another company... Attaccama, AI-powered data management company, hires former IBM AI lead Jay Limburn as chief product officer, newly created role ... DXC Technology, global tech services provider, taps Kaveri Camire, former vice president for IBM’s hybrid cloud business, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer.
Truepic, provider of secure content transparency infrastructure, adds former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to its industry board of advisers … National OnDemand, communications and utilities infrastructure provider, hires Richard Jordan, ex-Mears Broadband, as executive vice president-operations ... National Content & Technology Cooperative adds former Vyve Broadband CEO Phil Spencer to its board ... SightLine Applications, video processing solutions company, taps Jonathan Atwood, ex-Trillium Engineering, also former L3 Harris, as CEO ... Hovr, marketing software company for delivering video content to website visitors, adds former Remington Hotels President Chris Green to its advisory board ... Greenberg Traurig adds Laura Cummings, ex-Astroscale, to its Space & Satellite Industry Group as an associate in its governments contracts practice.
Netmore Group, IoT network operator, names Jon Ullmark, ex-Ranplan Wireless, executive vice president-North America ... Warner Bros. Games taps Melissa Bell, ex-2K, as executive vice president-global marketing ... Ceragon Networks, wireless connectivity solutions provider, adds venture capitalist and private equity investor Robert Wadsworth to its board ... Tillman Fiber, fiber optic broadband infrastructure company, taps Altice USA’s Tim Salmon as chief operating officer ... U.S. News & World Report hires Olivier Knox, ex-Washington Post, as senior national correspondent and anchor of its Decision Points newsletter, newly created role ... UiPath, AI software company, reappoints co-founder Daniel Dines as CEO, effective Saturday; Dines, who became chief innovation officer and executive chairman after he left the CEO role in January, replaces departing CEO Rob Enslin, remaining with UiPath as an adviser during the transition ... Telecom Infra Project announces AT&T has joined its board, with Rob Soni, AT&T Services vice president-radio access network tech, designated as its board representative.