Cloud company Samsara names Kiren Sekar its first chief strategy officer, and hires ServiceNow’s Jeffrey Hausman to replace Sekar as chief product officer, adding Hausman to its executive management committee ... Data privacy company Skyflow recruits LaunchDarkly’s Tammy Sexton as chief revenue officer ... AEG Global Partnerships promotes Kate Sheets to senior vice president-strategy and business affairs, newly created role.
National Association of Attorneys General names Brian Kane, from the Idaho AG’s Office, executive director, effective Sept. 19 … President Joe Biden announces intent to nominate ex-ITS America CEO Shailen Bhatt for Federal Highway Administration administrator.
The Semiconductor Industry Association said Stewart Barber, ex-Corley Consulting, and Molly O’Leary, ex-NTCA, joined the association as directors-government affairs ... Brightcove adds former Oracle executive Dan Freund as chief revenue officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Customer data platform BlueConic taps ex-Mastercard executive Patrick Reynolds as its first chief marketing officer ... ZoomInfo recruits Chad Herring from Snapdocs as chief human resources officer.
FCC Wireline and National Security Adviser Justin Faulb becomes FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks’ chief of staff; former Covington & Burling attorney Hannah Lepow named legal adviser-media and consumer protection; acting Chief of Staff and Media Adviser Austin Bonner is detailed to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (see 2207190046) … Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden names David Shaw, a former International Trade Commission administrative law judge, chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Suzanne Barnett, who returned from retirement in November to be interim chief copyright royalty judge.
Aegis Trade Law hires satellite, spectrum and telecom attorney Will Lewis, ex- Spaceflight … NTCA promotes Michael Romano to executive vice president … ML Strategies government relations firm promotes Christian Fjeld to senior vice president and Anthony DeMaio to vice president; hires Pamela Mejia, from the Community Justice Action Fund, as manager-government relations … Private equity firm Welsh Carson recruits Tealium’s Travis Cameron, also former Dentsu, as an operating partner in its Technology Group.
Ford announces retirements of Hau Thai-Tang as chief industrial platform officer, effective Oct. 1, and of Frederiek Toney as vice president-global Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD), effective Dec. 1; Dave Bozeman, ex-Amazon Transportation Services, will lead global FCSD and Enthusiast Vehicles product line in Ford Blue, effective Sept. 1 ... Connectivity company Software AG hires SambaNova’s Joshua Husk, also former IBM and Intel, as chief revenue officer to replace departing Scott Little, and promotes Benno Quade to group chief operating officer; the Husk and Quade appointments are effective Aug. 1, and both join the Software AG management board, which expands to six members ... Ozy Media retains John Squires, former Goldman Sachs chief intellectual property counsel, to advise the company on entering into the metaverse.
Accenture promotes Leo Framil to CEO-growth markets, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Gianfranco Casati, who will become chairman-growth markets; Rodolfo Eschenbach named market unit lead-Latin America, succeeding Framil in that role, and he joins Accenture’s global management committee ...Cybersecurity platform Cerby names Matthew Chiodi, ex-chief security officer-public cloud at Palo Alto Networks, chief trust officer ... RealNetworks hires former Loud Audio executive Brian McClain as full-time strategic adviser, becoming interim chief financial officer Aug. 1 to succeed current Chief Financial Officer-Treasurer Christine Chambers when she departs July 31.
Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston announces Glen Howie, from Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, as state’s broadband director, effective Aug. 1; Steven Porch, who was interim head of the state broadband office’s Arkansas Rural Connect program since 2020, will remain chief legal counsel for commerce and as adviser to broadband office.
NAB promotes to senior vice presidents: Nicole Gustafson and Josh Pollack, both government relations; Laura Kaufman, also corporate counsel-legal and regulatory affairs; and John Clark, emerging technology and also executive director-Pilot technology innovation initiative … The Cable Center names Camilla Formica, from NCTI, chief program officer.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel names Carmen Scurato, ex-Free Press, as legal adviser-consumer and public safety; Rosenworcel also shifts to her office David Strickland as legal adviser for media; Ethan Lucarelli, for wireless and international; and Ramesh Nagarajan, for wireline and enforcement (see 2207110050) … Internet Society recruits John Morris, from Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, also former NTIA, as principal-U.S. internet policy and advocacy.