Newly promoted in Fox Television Stations advertising sales division restructuring: Patrick Paolini to executive vice president-ad sales; Sheila Bruce and Tom Fleming to senior vice president-ad sales; and Michael Page to senior vice president-digital sales ... Seclore, data-centric security solutions provider, taps Justin Endres, ex-SolarWinds, as chief revenue officer, and promotes Vishal Gauri to chief strategy officer ... Global Relay, electronic communication compliance company, promotes Sahar Kayhani to chief product officer and Alex Viall to chief strategy officer, both newly created roles.
USTelecom names Alanna Chapell, ex-office of Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Mich., director-government affairs ... The Blue Owl Group, consultants including for internet, launches with Colin Crowell, ex-Twitter vice president and ex-FCC senior counselor, as managing director and including as advisers Alder Renewables’ Ian Punkett, Lucia Gamboa, Ledyard Group’s Lauren Culbertson Grieco, all also ex-Twitter, and Sotera Consulting founder Patricia Cartes Andres, ex-Google.
WeVideo, cloud-based multimedia platform, names former Blackbaud and Anthology executive Kevin Knight CEO ... BrightEdge, organic search, content and digital automation platform, promotes Krish Kumar to CEO; founder and former CEO Jim Yu moves to executive chairman ... Mad Mushroom, indie video game publishing company, names former Activision Blizzard executive Mike Silbowitz CEO ... Early Warning Services, fraud and payment solutions provider, names BMO Financial Group’s Cameron Fowler CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Nexstar extends contract of Gary Weitman, executive vice president-chief communications officer, for an unspecified multiyear term ... ECS, advanced technology, science and engineering solutions company, names Martin Klein, ex-DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and a former ECS executive, vice president-analytics and AI ... Kofax, intelligent automation software provider, names Ceridian’s Jeff Hartnett senior vice president-sales, Americas ... Comcast promotes Tracy Pitcher to senior vice president-Comcast Business, at its Central Division headquarters in Atlanta ... Identiv, IoT security company, adds Software House founder John Moss as senior adviser ... Zayo, communications infrastructure provider, adds ex-interim PG&E CEO Bill Smith, also ex-BellSouth and AT&T, to its board ... Rivada Networks adds Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense under President Barack Obama, to its board.
National Treasury Employees Union, which represents FCC employees, elects National Executive Vice President Doreen Greenwald national president, succeeding Tony Reardon, retiring, and Customs and Border Protection Officer Anand Muni as national executive vice president … David Glenn, from NV5, joins SmithGroup as principal and director of firm’s new information and communications technology team … E Source, data company for the utility industry, names former board chairman Dave Perotti CEO, succeeding Ted Schultz, remaining on the board as an independent director ... Conversational AI company LivePerson names Chief Financial Officer John Collins to the additional role of interim CEO; former CEO Robert LoCascio remains a special adviser through Dec. 31.
Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright leaves post as George Mason University Law School professor to become founding partner of Lodestar Law and Economics … FTI Consulting names Michael Driscoll, former FBI assistant director-New York, senior managing director-cybersecurity … EchoStar President-CEO Hamid Akhavan will fill those roles in the combined Dish Network and EchoStar company when the acquisition closes by year-end (see 2308080009); Charlie Ergen, current chairman of both Dish and EchoStar, will become executive chairman; Dish Wireless President-Chief Operating Officer John Swieringa will become president-technology and COO; and Dish President-CEO Erik Carlson will continue in those roles until he departs the business at the closing of the transaction.
Public Knowledge names Elise Phillips, from office of Rep. Pramila Jayapa, D-Wash., policy counsel and promotes Senior Policy Counsel Sara Collins to director-government affairs …National Cybersecurity Center hires Scott Sage, ex-Peraton, as chief operations officer … CW Network extends contract of President Dennis Miller by another year through 2027 ... E.W. Scripps names NBCUniversal’s Brian Norris, also former Dish Network, chief revenue officer, effective Aug. 28 ... Unisys hires ITT’s Kristen Prohl as general counsel-chief administrative officer.
Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission elects Bert Huffman, former president and interim CEO of Georgia Public Broadcasting, as its CEO, succeeding Teya Ryan, who retired in May ... Core Scientific, blockchain computing data centers company, promotes President Adam Sullivan to CEO; Chairman Mike Levitt relinquishes CEO role ... Firefly Aerospace names Blue Origin's Brett Alexander, also ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under former President George W. Bush, chief revenue officer ... Cisco promotes Oliver Tuszik to president-Europe, the Middle East and Africa ... Tech investment bank Carlsquare North America names Citigroup’s David Lamb a director in its San Francisco office ... GVTC Communications, fiber telecom provider, elects board member Clint Swindall chairman to succeed Chuck Knibbe, resigning after 27 years in that role, but remaining on the board ... Contract manufacturer Dover adds former Ernst & Young partner Danita Ostling to its board, expanding it to 10 members.
Claudia Tillery, Media Bureau’s Policy Division, is retiring … Cybercheck criminal intelligence tech company appoints Salesforce’s Chris Ramsey CEO, effective Sept. 18, succeeding Adam Mosher, transitioning to chief technology officer … AuthID.ai, provider of secure identity verification and authentication solutions, names Zero Hash’s Ed Sellitto chief financial officer, effective Aug. 15, succeeding Annie Pham, remaining through of Q2 results and “to help ensure a smooth transition” … Cybersecurity provider VMD promotes Mike Brokaw to chief delivery officer, newly created role.
Former ACA Connects Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Michael Jacobs joins Lumen as assistant general counsel-federal regulatory affairs … Ngrok, application programming interface-first ingress-as-a-service platform, names Zubin Tavaria, ex-F5, chief marketing officer; Heather McLinden, ex-HoneyBook and ex-Twilio, chief people officer; and Chad Tindel, ex-Amazon, field chief technology officer and vice president-worldwide solution architecture … BDx Data Centers names Manish Prakash, ex-Microsoft, president-chief business officer ... Legal tech company Litify names Davisware’s Curtis Brewer CEO.