Audacy promotes Jenna Weiss-Berman to executive vice president-podcasts ... Digital media platform TripleLift names Amazon Ads’ Ed Dinichert chief revenue officer ... Nexus Media hires Cherry Cheung, ex-Galerie Gmurzynska, as director-strategic development, Robb Report Hong Kong ... Identity verification company Incode Technologies names Domingo Guerra, ex-Symantec, executive vice president-trust ... Connectedness company Prodapt promotes Harsha Kumar to CEO, moving founder and ex-CEO Vedant Jhaver to chairman ... Madison Dearborn Partners co-CEO Paul Finnegan to retire from CDW board, effective just before 2023 annual meeting ... Fintech company DailyPay names WeWork’s Jared DeMatteis chief legal and strategy officer.
Lyft names former Amazon and Microsoft executive David Risher, a Lyft board member since 2021, CEO, effective April 17; current CEO Logan Green and President John Zimmer moving into nonexecutive roles as chair and vice chair, effective April 17 and June 30, respectively ... Connectivity Standards Alliance names Musa Unmehopa, Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) head-wireless standards and regulations, as its new chair, succeeding Bruno Vulcano, who moves to chair emeritus ... Radio analysis company LocusUSA taps Motorola veteran Jim Myers as vice president-sales ... Broadband company VCTI adds Ezee Fiber Chairman Scott Widham to its board ... Entertainment and media company Curiosity names Tom Pope, ex-Discovery, vice president-advertising and sponsorships ... Rogers hires FMC’s Jessica Morton as vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary ... Indian Institute of Science Foundation adds Verizon executive Mrinalini Lakshminarayanan to its board ... Autodesk names Sebastian Goodwin, ex-Nutanix, chief trust officer ... Graybar promotes Michael Tierney to vice president-strategic accounts, effective May 1.
Content delivery platform Edgio names NBC Universal’s Eric Black chief technology officer/general manager-media ... Meadowgate Technologies, IT provider to national security customers, hires Tom Lash, former Amazon Web Services general manager-national security and federal delivery, as CEO ... Kopin, microdisplay developer for virtual-reality headsets, names Raytheon’s Raymond Schubnel director-quality ... Cybersecurity firm Electrosoft Services names retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Wes Postol senior vice president-business development ... Divergent Technologies, industrial digital manufacturing company, adds former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace to its board ... China’s Phoenix New Media names Yusheng Sun, former vice president-Central China Television news division, CEO, replacing Shuang Liu, resigned ... Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibarguen says he will retire upon the appointment of a successor.
Macy’s adds Naveen Chopra, Paramount Global executive vice president-chief financial officer, to its board, effective April 1; John Bryant and Leslie Hale, Macy’s board members since 2015, won’t seek re-election at 2023 annual meeting, reducing the board’s composition to 13 members from the current 14 ... Online games developer Nexon elects Benchmark Capital partner Mitch Lasky, a former Activision and Electronic Arts executive, and Jung-hun Lee, CEO of Nexon Korea, to its board ... Information services provider Clarivate promotes Chief Product Officer Gordon Samson to president-intellectual property, effective April 1, and nominates Centessa Pharmaceuticals CEO Saurabh Saha for election to the board as an independent director at its May 4 annual meeting.
Altice USA names Alexandre Fonseca, co-CEO of Altice Group in Europe, chairman, and adds him to the board; Dexter Goei steps down as executive chairman, but remains a board member ... Internet moderation platform WebPurify names former Twitter executive Alexandra Popken its first vice president-trust and safety ... Wireless infrastructure company StratCap hires C Spire’s Seale Duggar as director-contract management ... Orca Security names co-founder Gil Geron CEO, and moves fellow co-founder Avi Shua to chief innovation officer, newly created position ... Morse Micro, chipmaker specializing in Wi-Fi HaLow IoT connectivity applications, hires Phillip Kumin, ex-Synaptics, as senior vice president-worldwide sales and business development ... Allied Global Marketing, agency whose clients include Disney and Hulu, promotes Danyelle McGill to senior vice president-influencers and social.
Hearst promotes Rachel Kay to senior vice president-chief people officer … Interactive livestreaming platform ClashTV names One Group’s Jonathan Anastas, also ex-Activision Blizzard, CEO and adds him to board; co-founder Ivan Isakov moves to executive chairman ... Intel promotes Stuart Pann to senior vice president-general manager, Intel Foundry Services ... Payment gateway Alchemy Pay adds David Plouffe, former White House senior adviser under President Barack Obama, to its advisory board ... OpenWeb promotes Chief Financial Officer Haim Sasson to president and adds him to its board ... Luno, cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, moves co-founder and CEO Marcus Swanepoel to executive chairman, and promotes Chief Operating Officer James Lanigan to replace him as CEO ... Educational Media Foundation promotes Todd Woods to CEO to replace Bill Reeves, departed ... Veza, data security authorization platform, names former Twilio and Salesforce executive Jason Garoutte its first chief marketing officer ... AI company Amelia names UiPath’s Brandon Nott chief product officer ... Future Publishing names Launch Angle’s Keith Hernandez vice president-technology sales.
Charter Communications says Rick Dykhouse plans to retire as executive vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary after 17 years with Charter; he will remain until a successor is appointed, then move to executive counsel to support the transition ... Akin Gump adds Josh Peary, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as a partner in its special situations and private credit practices in Boston ... Culture Genesis, Black-owned digital video network, adds Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson as a strategic adviser ... Infrastructure company Black & Veatch names Evergy’s Silas Dulan associate vice president-global director, diversity, equity and inclusion ... Cohesity, data security and management company, taps VMware’s Kit Beall, also ex-Cisco, as chief revenue officer ... Telstra names Nitin Tikku, ex-AT&T, vice president-global business development, Telstra Americas.
Quarterhill names Chair John Gillberry interim CEO, replacing Bret Kidd, resigning 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 ... Talkdesk hires William Welch, ex-Zscaler and Duo Security, as president-chief operating officer ... 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 ... 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 … 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 ... Performance marketing agency PlusMedia names Billups Worldwide’s Jamie Rush, also ex-Clear Channel Outdoor, senior vice president-director, business development ... Ipsos names Klaviyo’s Tom Juetten executive vice president-service line lead, U.S. innovation practice ... Santa Clara University taps Seattle University Chief Financial Officer Wilson Garone, also ex-Microsoft, as vice president-finance and administration, effective May 30 ... Electric vehicle charging software company Xendee adds former Schneider Electric executive Barry Coflan to its board ... TE Connectivity elects Engie Chairman Jean-Pierre Clamadieu to its board ... 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 ... OneNeck IT Solutions promotes Chief Operating Officer Ted Wiessing to president-CEO, succeeding Terry Swanson, leaving after six years.
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 …. Baretz+Brunelle, communications and business advisory firm for the legal industry, names Xenia Kobylarz, ex-Paul Weiss director-communications, a senior managing director in its New York office ... McClatchy promotes Robyn Tomlin to chief news officer ... TuSimple, autonomous driving technology company, adds Tyler McGaughey, former Treasury Department deputy assistant secretary-investment security, and Zhen Tao, senior partner at Third Square Capital Management, to its board as independent directors ... Keysight Technologies says Executive Chair Ron Nersesian is transitioning to nonexecutive chair, effective May 1.