Cesar Conde resigns as president of Univision Networks, to become NBCUniversal executive vice president-international group; in reorganization, Alberto Ciurana, president-programming and content, Isaac Lee, president-news, and Juan Carlos Rodriquez, president-Univision Sports will report directly to CEO Randy Falco … NPR names board member Paul Haaga acting president and CEO, effective Sept. 30 … DirecTV adds to board Anthony Vinciquerra, Texas Pacific Group … Daniel Maloney, ex-Motorola Mobility president, appointed to TiVo board, which expands to eight members … Zuora subscription commerce firm hires Keith Costello, ex-SAP, as senior vice president-global services, and Senior Vice President Guillaume Vives is now senior vice president-strategy and product management … Viacloud hires Jon Kandiah, ex-EE, as chief technology officer of the carrier infrastructure firm.
RDK Management names Steve Heeb, who remains at Comcast, president and general manager of joint venture of Comcast and Time Warner Cable for common framework for cable consumer electronics … Rogers Communications hires Guy Laurence from Vodafone UK as president-CEO, effective Dec. 2, to succeed Nadir Mohamed, who said he’s retiring this year … Communications Systems hires Scott Otis, ex-TE Connectivity, as president and general manager, Transition Networks, and last week named Chairman Curtis Sampson as interim CEO, board member Edwin Freeman as chief financial officer and director Roger Lacey vice chairman … 8x8 hires Darren Hakeman, advisor to Silicon Valley companies, as senior vice president-product and strategy … Sesame Workshop hires Juan Martinez, ex-Teach for America, as vice president-strategic communications … Comverse names Neil Montefiore, ex-StarHub, to board … National Association of State Technology Directors board includes Darin Rand, Oregon’s Enterprise Technology Services, as president; Bernie O'Donnell, Connecticut’s communications services director, vice president; Jack Doane, Alabama’s information services division, secretary/treasurer; Brad Steele, Massachusetts Information Technology Division, Eastern region president … Content delivery network services provider Highwinds appoints Chris Petrovic, ex-GameStop, to board.
Comcast promotes to senior vice presidents Lynn Charytan for legal regulatory affairs, and she also becomes senior deputy general counsel, and Jennifer Khoury for corporate and digital communications; elevates Marcien Jenckes to executive vice president-consumer services and hires Ed Brassel, ex-DirecTV, as senior vice president-business intelligence, Comcast Cable … Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Senior Research Fellow Richard Bennett leaves, developing a new project to bridge the gap between broadband technologists and policy experts in Washington … Brian McAndrews, ex-Madrona Venture Group, named Pandora CEO, replacing Joe Kennedy, retiring … Robin Pringle, Liberty Media, and Mark Carleton, Liberty Media, resign from Sirius XM board, nine months after being appointed, replaced by Anthony Bates, Microsoft, and George Bodenheimer, ESPN.
Rand Beers named acting Department of Homeland Security secretary, succeeding Janet Napolitano, whose last day was Friday (CD Aug 28 p1) … TechAmerica names Jarita Diana Christie, ex-Norsk Hydro, to lead TechAmerica’s European arm, TechAmerica Europe, as senior director … Time Warner Cable promotes Senior Vice President Mark FitzPatrick to also be chief financial officer-residential services … Clear Channel hires Greg Strassell, ex-CBS Radio, as senior vice president-programming … Time Warner’s truTV promotes in restructuring to senior vice presidents Marissa Ronca for development & original programming and Michael Lanzillotta, also to general manager, truTV … Alticast interactive TV company hires David Nicholas, ex-iNovo Broadband, as senior vice president-sales … Broadway Systems ad management software for cable network provider names James Ackerman, ex-Documentary Channel, as executive chairman … International M2M Council elects to first slate of officers: Matthew Jennings, Digi International; Alex Brisbourne, Kore Telematics; Chris Baker, Oracle; Patrick Shay, Orbcomm; and Alexander Bufalino, Telit Wireless Solutions … Hollywood Radio and Television Society names officers including Bela Bajaria, Universal Television, as president; Adam Berkowitz, CAA, vice president; and Ian Moffitt, Machinima, secretary; and among new board members Michael Lombardo, HBO; Beth Roberts, NBCUniversal; Carmi Zlotnik, Starz; and Scott Hervey, Weintraub Tobin.
FTC hires Martin Gaynor, ex-Carnegie Mellon University, as Bureau of Economics director, effective Oct. 1, and David Robbins, ex-FCC and Small Business Administration, rejoins agency as executive director, while Thomas Dahdouh is promoted to regional director of Western Region offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles … Centre for Information Policy Leadership privacy and information security think tank founded by Hunton & Williams hires Bojana Bellamy, ex-Accenture, as president … Electronic Transactions Association hires Jaime Graham, ex-office of Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., as senior government affairs manager … BMI board promotes Michael O'Neill to CEO, to be effective Monday, and he joins board, succeeding CEO Del Bryant, who had said he is stepping down; once Bryant retires as president in June, O'Neill also will become president … Newtec Internet Protocol trunking and very small aperature terminal company promotes Thomas Van den Driessche to chief commercial officer … Comcast and Radio One’s TV One hires D'Angela Proctor, ex-Strange Fruit Media, as senior vice president-programming … Foundation Capital hires Jonathan Ehrlich, ex-Facebook, as partner to help invest in technologies including mobile.
Newspaper National Network hires Marshall Genger, ex-impreMedia, as vice president-finance of the partnership owned by 25 U.S. newspaper companies and administered by the Newspaper Association of America; NNN is run by Ray Chelstowski, ex-Digital First Media, named CEO in July … Silver Spring Networks hires Jim Burns, formerly of Hewlett-Packard, as executive vice president and chief financial officer; ex-CFO John Joyce continues as vice chairman … TDF hires Bastian Manintveld, ex-BeBanjo, as head-M&A and business development, Media Services division at company that manages broadcast and VOD digital workflow … Intelsat board elects John Diercksen, Verizon, as director.
Commerce Department Undersecretary of International Trade Administration Francisco Sanchez resigns … Samsung Telecommunications America hires Steve Merlis, ex-Wiley Rein, as senior counsel-federal affairs … Catapult Consultants hires cybersecurity expert John Kimmins, ex-Applied Communication Sciences, as chief technology officer of consulting firm … Irving Azoff named chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, formed by Madison Square Garden Co. and Azoff Music Management … Cox Communications promotes Kristine Faulkner to lead home security and smart home products, as vice president and general manager, home security and smart home … National Hispanic Media Coalition hires Brian Pacheco, ex-GLAAD, as social media and communications strategist … Scripps Networks Interactive’s John Lansing retiring as president, Scripps Networks division; Burton Jablin promoted to succeed him, and advanced to succeed Jablin as president-home category is Kathleen Finch … Bryan Burns, ex-ESPN, starts The Forward Direction Group, a Guilford, Conn.-based sports consulting firm.
New York Senate confirms state Public Service Commission Commissioner Audrey Zibelman as PSC chairwoman, with Garry Brown the previous chairman … Tribune Broadcasting hires Brian Dollenmayer, ex-Fox, as executive vice president-marketing and promotions, to be effective Monday … Michael Copps, Common Cause, named a fellow this semester at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy … Constellation Research hires Bridgette Chambers, ex-Americas’ SAP Users’ Group, as CEO and board member, succeeding Ray Wang, who remains chairman and lead analyst … ScaleBase hires Razi Sharir, ex-Xeround, as executive vice president-business development and strategy of company that supports social, gaming, mobile and Web-based app transactions … Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hires Oren Etzioni, ex-University of Washington, as executive director … Sprint board elects Sara Martinez Tucker, National Math + Science Initiative, a director … National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications adds Craig Collins, Time Warner Cable, to board of advisers.
World Trade Organization new director-general Roberto Azevêdo of Brazil starts, replacing Pascal Lamy … Free State Foundation hires Sarah Leggin, ex-law clerk for then-FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell and at CTIA and the foundation, as legal fellow, as Seth Cooper moves to Washington state and title changes to adjunct senior fellow, and Gregory Vogt, sole telecom law practitioner, named visiting fellow … Reverb Networks wireless networks company names Zoran Kehler, ex-Z/K Advisors and K/K Consulting, as CEO … Signiant file movement software for media and entertainment firm hires Greg Hoskin, ex-Miranda, as managing director-European and Asia-Pacific regions … Oppenheimer Europe hires Xavier Moreels, ex-ING, as managing director, and Nigel Daly, ex-own firm, as executive director, to start European technology and telecom investment banking franchise, of which Moreels is head … NAB TV board adds CBS Senior Vice President-Washington John Orlando filling CBS network seat, in place of CBS Executive Vice President-Planning, Policy and Government Affairs Marty Franks, retiring at month’s end (CD May 30 p19) … Tribal Technologies names Michael Marquez, Code Advisors, to board of mobile analytics firm … Lobbyist registrations: Google-owned GPS firm Waze, Sisu Strategies, effective Aug. 24.
FCC’s Alex Hoehn-Saric, policy director for Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, leaving the agency, plans not announced … MetaPower International promotes John Prouty to chief operating officer of management consulting and technology firm.