Information Technology and Innovation Foundation announces Stuart Dwyer, ex-State Department foreign service, as vice president-strategic engagement … Catheon Gaming taps Activision Blizzard’s Mark Aubrey as co-CEO, working alongside founder William Wu, effective July 11 ... Video discovery platform Primis recruits Synamedia’s Rachel Cohen as head-product.
USTelecom hires Marie Johnson, from the American Hospital Association, as senior vice president-communications …Wilkinson Barker announces Belinda Scrimenti, ex-Pattishall McAuliffe, as partner, intellectual property and copyright ... Alex Clavel promoted to SoftBank Group International CEO from managing partner, effective June 30, succeeding Michel Combes, leaving ... Rokt, machine learning e-commerce company, taps former Amazon Alexa executive Bill Barton as chief product and engineering officer, effective Monday ... Social media network MyPlace adds Lyft’s Aaron Zifkin, also ex-Airbnb, as president-chief operating officer, newly created role ... Omni-fulfillment platform ShipBob hires Amazon’s Kamal Sundar as senior vice president-supply chain strategy ... Data analytics company Canalyst recruits Paradigm Capital’s Corey Hammill as managing director-global research.
Tim Alessi confirms his retirement after nearly 18 years at LG Electronics USA, effective Friday ... DocuSign taps Chair Mary Agnes Wilderotter as interim CEO, as current CEO Dan Springer agrees to step aside; Jackson Square Ventures' Pete Solvik appointed lead independent director ... Tekmovil, mobile technology distribution and services company, hires Armando Narchi from Samsung Electronics Mexico as head-distribution ... Cox Communications Executive Vice President-Chief People Officer Karen Bennett moving to same role at Cox Enterprises, effective Jan. 1; Jill Campbell, current Cox Enterprises president-chief people and operations officer, to retire at year-end ... Cybersecurity company SilverSky recruits Arctic Wolf’s Mike Viruso as vice president-sales.
WWE board names Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon interim chair-CEO, as Vincent McMahon has “voluntarily stepped back” from his chairman-CEO responsibilities until conclusion of independent investigation into his alleged misconduct ... BuzzFeed News promotes Karolina Waclawiak from BuzzFeed Studios to be its first woman editor-in-chief ... Digital sports platform Fanatics recruits Mike Mahan from Dick Clark Productions as CEO, Fanatics Collectibles, newly created role ... FedEx promotes Brie Carere to be its first chief customer officer, and also names her co-president and co-CEO of FedEx Services, roles she will share with Rob Carter, executive vice president-chief information officer ... OpenX Technologies, omnichannel advertising exchange, hires Chalice’s Geoff Wolinetz, also former Comcast and Turner Broadcasting, as senior vice president-demand platforms.
Georgia Public Service Commission Chair Tricia Pridemore elected to NARUC board, becoming 2nd vice president in November 2022, 1st vice president in November 2023, and president in November 2024 ... McAfee names WarnerMedia’s Jennifer Biry executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Monday, succeeding Venkat Bhamidipati ... HR solutions company TriNet adds Jay Venkat from Boston Consulting Group as chief digital and innovation officer, and former Dell EMC executive Jeff Hayward as chief technology officer, both effective June 30 ... Technicolor names President-Connected Home Luis Martinez-Amago as expected CEO of Vantiva, proposed new stand-alone company combining Technicolor’s connected home and DVD services businesses, pending shareholder approval in Q3 ... Outsell, AI customer data platform for the automotive industry, hires John Clavadetscher from Cars.com as president-chief commercial officer ... Ruth Ann Keene returns to Autodesk as chief legal officer after filling similar role for Unity Technologies ... Carbon, 3D printing tech company, recruits Nauto’s Vincent Rerolle as senior vice president-corporate development.
Sinclair promotes Adam Ware to senior vice president-Growth Networks Group, and expands responsibilities of other executives, naming Dan Kozlowski senior director-general manager, Stirr platform; Claudia Estrada senior director-sales and broadcast operations-Comet, Charge and TBD; Ben Lister to senior director-head of programming, Growth Networks Group; David Weissberg assistant vice president-research and strategy, Growth Networks Group; Sinclair also announces Derek Van Nostran, ex-Vegas Stats & Information Network, rejoining the company as senior director-marketing and creative services ... Ex.Co, Disney-backed content experience platform, adds Taboola’s Marc Thomas as general manager-Europe, Middle East and Africa ... Viamedia promotes Rick Tarvin to chief revenue officer.
Gallup promotes Jon Clifton to CEO, succeeding Jim Clifton, who remains chairman ... SDVI, platform provider for cloud-native media supply chains, hires Nahuel Villegas, ex-Grass Valley, as vice president-sales, Latin America, newly created role ... DroneUp, drone delivery services provider, adds Nuair’s Andy Thurling as its first vice president-airspace innovation ... Netflix hires Ken Barker from Electronic Arts as principal accounting officer, effective June 27, assuming that role from Spencer Neumann, who continues as chief financial officer, to whom Barker will report ... Equinix digital infrastructure company appoints Fidelma Russo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise chief technology officer, and Jeetu Patel, Cisco executive vice president and general manager-security and collaboration, to its board, expanding it to 11 members.
Qualcomm Technologies names former Cellwize CEO Ofir Zemer vice president-product management, with its acquisition of Singaporean mobile network automation and management company (see 2206130001) ... Gannett hires Vincent Cirel from Pivotal Technologies, also ex-Scientific Games, as chief technology officer ... Cybersecurity platform SilverSky recruits OpenText’s Maureen Kaplan, also former Vodafone and Verizon, as chief revenue officer ... Supply chain visibility platform Overhaul hires Ribbon Communications’ Shaughn Simmons, also ex-Dell, as chief financial officer-executive vice president.
Space tech company SpinLaunch hires Michelle McClure, ex-Spire Global, as senior regulatory counsel … CDW adds AutoNation’s Anand Rao as chief marketing and digital officer, and Michael Drory from ADT Security Services as senior vice president-strategy and corporate development ... Estrella Media promotes Rene Santaella to chief digital and streaming officer ... The Arena Group hires Chris Pirrone from USA Today Sports Media Group as senior vice president-general manager, sports ... Seko Logistics promotes Kai Lincoln to group vice president-sustainability, newly created position.
Crowell & Moring adds technology transactions lawyer David Ramm, ex-Baker Botts, to its London corporate practice ... NielsenIQ hires Tracey Massey from Mars Pet Nutrition as its first chief operating officer ... Livestreaming commerce platform Firework recruits Krister Karjalainen from Samsung Electronics as managing director-Nordics, based in Sweden ... Equifax hires Visa’s Harald Schneider as chief data and analytics officer and adds him to its senior leadership team ... Indian electric-vehicle charging network ElectricPe taps Udaan’s Rohit Agarwal as CTO ... Disney promotes Dana Walden to chairman-Disney General Entertainment Content.