Tech9 software development company names DataBased’s Nate Richard, also ex-Qualtrics, chief revenue officer … BAI Connect, hybrid fiber/wireless internet services provider, names BroadVoice’s Kevin Connor chief financial officer ... Graybar, data networking products distributor, promotes Brad Lee to district vice president-California ... USTelecom announces newly elected officers and board members: Chair Jason Williams, Blackfoot Communications; Vice Chair Jeff England, Silver Star Communications; Secretary Melissa Mann, Lumen; Treasurer Rusty Moore, BBT; directors Tom Maguire, Brightspeed and Harold Zeitz, Ziply Fiber; Leadership Committee Chair Jennifer Prather, Totelcom Communications; Vice Chair Becky Scott, Epic Touch; and Secretary Josh Descant, REV Broadband.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirement of Public Safety Bureau’s Sharon Weigel after more than 46 years with the agency … The Goodfriend Group, which lobbies on behalf of media, tech and telecom, and healthcare lobbying firm Emmer Consulting relaunch as I Street Advocates, with Goodfriend’s David Goodfriend as president, Emmer’s Sue Emmer as founder, and Sports Fan Coalition’s Brian Hess and Brian Young, ex-American Postal Workers Union, as vice presidents.
PacketFabric network-as-a-service company announces Vincent English, ex-Megaport, as CEO … Sigmoid data engineering and AI consulting firm appoints Shankar Viswanathan, ex-Procter & Gamble, chief commercial officer ... Spectrotel, communication services provider, names Observe.ai’s Robert Fish, also ex-Intelisys, vice president-south region channel sales ... Riedel Communications names European Media Group’s Lucy O’Brien director-customer success, Europe, the Middle East and Africa ... Truecaller, global communications platform, names MetaMap’s Ogochukwu Onwuzurike country manager-Nigeria, and Uber’s Nicolas Vargas country manager-Colombia.
Airgain, wireless connectivity solutions provider, names Evan Jones, ex-Sierra Wireless, vice president-engineering ... Luna Innovations, fiber telecom company, taps Intelsat’s George Gomez-Quintero as chief financial officer; departing CFO Gene Nestro will assist company through transition until mid-2024 ... Bluepeak names Leslie Norgren, ex-WideOpenWest, vice president-marketing … Lantronix picks board member Jason Cohenour as interim chairman following the death of Chairman Paul Folino Saturday.
Internet service provider Smartaira names Hotwire’s Darren Rish, also ex-Comcast, CEO, and moves founder and former CEO Dan Terheggen to board chairman ... Morse Micro, fabless semiconductor company specializing in IoT connectivity, hires Stryker’s Prakash Guda as vice president-marketing and product management ... 1Global, telecom company headquartered in London, adds former Vodafone Germany CEO Hannes Ametsreiter to its board as a nonexecutive director.
With Microsoft’s closing Friday of its $69 billion Activision Blizzard buy (see 2310130041), Activision CEO Bobby Kotick tells employees he will remain in that role through the end of 2023, reporting to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer ... SES names Adel Al-Saleh, from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems International, CEO, effective in February; interim SES CEO Ruy Pinto will continue in that role through January, then will remain an executive team member until June before becoming adviser; Milton Torres, who succeeded Pinto as chief technology officer on an interim basis when Pinto became interim CEO, will continue in that role ... Comcast moves Javier Garcia to senior vice president-competitive marketing and strategy, Central Division headquarters in Atlanta ... S&P Global Mobility names Jato Dynamics’ Matt Weiss executive director-product strategy and pricing solutions, newly created role ...
Somos, provider of phone number administration and identity management services, adds CasselRoad founder-CEO TJ Thinakaran to its advisory board ... Pantheon, website operations platform for developers, designers and marketers, names Berrie De Vet, ex-Acquia and Sitecore, vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific regions ... CallRail, AI-powered lead intelligence platform, adds Jewel Burks Solomon, Collab Capital founder and managing partner, and ex-Google, to its board.
HWG elects Jennifer Bagg as managing partner; she continues to advise tech and communications … FTI Consulting says Senior Managing Directors Luke Schaeffer and Victor Font will co-lead newly launched FTI Delta, which focuses on telecom, media and technology and public sector … Former media brokers Greg Guy and Larry Patrick dissolve Patrick Communications, with Guy forming Tideline Partners and Patrick creating Patrick Media Brokerage (see 2310110041) … Wildr, AI-powered social media platform, names Vidit Drolia, one of its co-founders, also ex-Robinhood and Google, CEO; former CEO Melissa Ravi remains on Wildr's executive team as chief operations officer ... Mobile communications company Movius names Nextiva’s Chethan Visweswar chief product officer ... BAE Systems promotes Dan Sallet to senior vice president-finance, succeeding Guy Montminy, retiring in 2024.
ATIS names David Young, ex-Verizon, vice president-technology and solutions, succeeding Mike Nawrocki, retiring … Motion Picture Association appoints Terrica Carrington, from Copyright Alliance, senior counsel-director, law, policy and international ... Broadband Forum promotes Craig Thomas to CEO, effective Jan. 1, following year-end retirement of current Managing Director Ken Ko ... Y Combinator names Luther Lowe, ex-Yelp, head-public policy.
Public Knowledge promotes Competition Policy Director Charlotte Slaiman to vice president; hires L’Allegro Smith, from HeadWaters Resort & Casino, as government affairs policy advocate, and Segue Technologies’ Glenda Windsor as office manager … GigNet, Mexican Caribbean fiber regional broadband network operator, names Liberty Networks’ Angel Gonzalez chief financial officer ... Futurum Group, global tech advisory, media and research firm, names former Glu Mobile Chairman-CEO Niccolo de Masi chairman ...F5, multicloud application services company, adds Claure Group Executive Vice President Michel Combes, also ex-SoftBank Group, to its board, expanding it to 11 members; Combes previously was on F5's board from July 2018 to March 2021.