FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces as co-leaders of new Spectrum Steering Team Susan Mort, deputy chief-Wireless Bureau, and Ira Keltz, deputy chief-Office of Engineering and Technology; OET Legal Adviser Krista Witanowski becomes chief of staff (see 2405140027) … Open Geospatial Consortium taps Peter Rabley, co-founder of the data trust nonprofit Place, as CEO ... FleishmanHillard rehires Scott Radcliffe from Apple as global director-cybersecurity; he previously served as FleishmanHillard’s senior global data privacy and security expert before leading Apple’s cybersecurity communications.
NASA appoints David Salvagnini as the agency's first chief AI officer, in an expansion of Salvagnini's current role as chief data officer ... Mitek, digital identity and fraud prevention platform, terminating employment of CEO Max Carnecchia, effective May 31, naming Executive Chairman Scott Carter interim CEO, effective June 1 ... SpinLaunch, space tech company, elevates Chief Operating Officer David Wrenn to CEO, effective immediately, succeeding Jonathan Yaney ... Cohesity, AI-powered data security company, hires Craig Martell, former DOD chief digital and AI officer, as chief technology officer ... Lantronix appoints Mathi Gurusamy, ex-Mobilogix and Telit Cinterion, as chief strategy officer.
Entravision promotions: Mark Boelke to chief financial officer and treasurer, succeeding Christopher Young, departing; Corporate Controller Bill McNally to also chief accounting officer; Jeff DeMartino to general counsel and secretary, succeeding Boelke; Chief Strategy Officer Juan Saldivar departing Entravision, his responsibilities to be assumed by existing members of the management team ... Ford names CFO John Lawler vice chair, with expanded role in Ford+ strategic growth initiative, and hires Sherry House, ex-Lucid Motors, as vice president-finance, part of a plan to succeed Lawler as CFO in early 2025; both assignments are effective in June ... AEG Presents promotes Brent Fedrizzi to president-North American regional offices ... Wipro elevates Vinay Firake to CEO of its Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa strategic market unit and adds him to its executive board.
Tredence, AI solutions company, names Munjay Singh, ex-Infosys, chief operating officer ... Integral Ad Science, global media measurement and optimization platform, hires Cameron Miille, ex-FreeWheel, as chief revenue officer of Publica by IAS, its connected TV ad server subsidiary ... Talkdesk hires Simon Horrocks, ex-Harness.io, as Asia-Pacific leader ... IAB Tech Lab software-as-a-service platform adds Optable Chief Product Officer and co-founder Bosko Milekic to its board ... AtScale, provider of semantic layer solutions for generative AI, adds Mark Palmer, founder-CEO of tech consultancy firm Techno-Sapien, and Sandhill East President Roseann Palmieri, also former Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters, to its board.
Jennifer Manner, EchoStar senior vice president-regulatory affairs, says she's leaving May 22 to become NTIA senior adviser-space and satellite policy, effective June 3 … Glenn Richards, former Pillsbury Winthrop partner in communications, announces he’s joining Dickinson Wright as partner … Stream Security, cloud detection and response company, names Patrick Guay, ex-Pentera, chief revenue officer ... New CNN International Commercial’s Asia Pacific leadership team: Karen Lay, ex-Sportfive and former Disney/ESPN, joins as director-commercial distribution; Sally Young returns to CNN in an advertising sales leadership role with a renewed focus on Greater China; and Kimmy Ho advances to senior director-content sales and licensing.
AST SpaceMobile, space-based cellular broadband network company, hires 3D Systems’ Andrew Johnson as chief legal officer ... Lumen Technologies appoints Sabre’s Chad Ho as executive vice president-chief legal officer, effective next month; he succeeds Stacey Goff, remaining “a few weeks” for transition … Vsora AI chip startup announces former Stimio CEO David Dorval as vice president-operations and test …Cyemptive Technologies, cybersecurity solutions provider for business and government, names former IBM and Hitachi executive Wessel Graatsma vice president-cybersecurity solutions, Europe ... Searchlight Cyber, dark web intelligence company, names Tim Warner, ex-Zscaler, vice president-global enterprise sales ... Blue Sky Networks becomes part of NAL Research with NAL President Robert Bills leading the combined company ... MwareTV cloud-based multitenant platform provider taps Daniel Conde Coto, ex-Emergent, as director-sales operations.
NAB hires Kirsten Donaldson, ex-Digital Media Association, as vice president-public policy … Hyland, intelligent content software provider, adds Informatica’s Jitesh Ghai as president-CEO, effective May 20 ... NetApp hires Cisco's Dallas Olson as chief commercial officer ... Twilio taps Chris Koehler, ex-Box, as chief marketing officer ... Amazon agency My Amazon Guy adds Seller Interactive’s Ken Zhou as chief operating officer ... Equifax taps SoFi’s Chad Borton as executive vice president and president-workforce solutions to succeed retiring Rudy Ploder ... Hearst Television promotes Senior Vice President Nick Radziul to executive vice president ... D.A. Davidson hires William Blair’s Gary Morabito as managing director, tech equity capital markets ... Allied Entertainment names Yangyang Li president in addition to his continuing role as chairman; Yinghua Chen resigns her board seat, but will continue as CEO; Chi Zhao, research fellow at the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School, joins Allied board as an independent director; WPT Enterprises President Adam Pliska resigns his board seat.
Caveonix platform for hybrid multicloud compliance automation and risk management, hires Elevate Security’s Mark Bagley as chief product officer ... Microdisplay developer Kopin promotes Greg Truman to vice president-business development, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific markets, newly created position ... Graybar, distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products, promotes Steven Bourbeau to district vice president-Chicago, effective June 1.
Illinois State Senate confirms Stacey Paradis and Conrad Reddick to five-year terms as commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission … Universities Space Research Association’s Council of Institutions appoints Joan Ramage, Lehigh University, as chair and Jed Hancock, Utah State University, as vice chair ... Wavelo, software provider to communication service providers, adds Andy Youe, ex-AwareX, as vice president-sales ... NEC Asia Pacific taps former NEC India Chairman-President Takayuki Inaba as president-CEO, succeeding Koichiro Koide, moving back to parent NEC in Japan for his next assignment ... Following Avant Technologies’ purchase of Wired4Health, it announces William Hisey, Wired4Health’s former chief financial officer, as Avant CEO … DQE Communications, regional provider of high-speed data networking for businesses and carriers, names former Internap executive Michael Sicoli CEO, effective immediately, concurrent with the completion of DQE’s acquisition by GI Partners, an investor in data infrastructure businesses.
Tech advisory firm CNM promotes Adel Zahiry to partner; he was managing director of CNM’s cybersecurity and privacy practice ... Darrow, AI-powered justice intelligence platform, adds Mathew Keshav Lewis, ex-Dealpath, as its first chief revenue officer- U.S. general manager ... Sonar, open source software developer, hires Sumo Logic’s Lynne Doherty, also former McAfee, as president-field operations ... DXC Technology, global tech services provider, hires former IBM Americas General Manager Cameron Art as general manager-Americas and U.K.-Ireland markets ... Quantum Computing Inc. adds Javad Shabani, director of New York University's Center for Quantum Information Physics, to its board.