FCC announcements: Wireless Bureau’s Jeffrey Tignor moves to Office of Communication and Business Opportunities as acting director and Commissioner Anna Gomez hires Cierra Nokes as executive assistant; also, Frederick Giroux, Enforcement Bureau; Thomas Horan, Media Bureau; Kathleen Campbell, Space Bureau; and Ron Repasi, Office of Engineering and Tech, are retiring … FCC announces winners of agency awards: Robert Pavlak and Kamran Etemad for Excellence in Engineering and Steven Kauffman, Jeffrey Ocker, Alexander Simmons and Paul LaFontaine for Excellence in Economic Analysis … Squirro SaaS platform for generative AI appoints Growth Analytics’ Gary Kearns as board chairman.
Gibson Dunn hires Google’s Keith Enright as partner, co-chairing AI Practice and Tech and Innovation Industry groups … Ron McKenzie, Rogers Communications adviser to the CEO, retiring at year's end, as announced at SCTE TechExpo … McAfee taps Experian’s Justin Hastings as senior vice president-chief people officer … Horizon3.ai names Keith Poyser, ex-SentinelOne, as vice president-Europe, the Middle East and Africa … Pax8 appoints Eric Torres, ex-ScalePad, vice president of channel and community engagement.
David Goldstein, ex-DOD, joins NTIA as Institute for Telecommunication Sciences associate administrator ... Fiber network provider Freedom Fibre appoints CTMG Consulting’s Nathan Vautier as CEO, succeeding founder Neil McArthur, transitioning into a strategic role … The Raine Group, whose investments include telecom, media and tech, announces Alexander Verbitsky, from Tripledot Studios, as managing director ... Wireless power tech company Solace Power, appoints Neil Desai, ex-Magnet Forensics, to board.
Former FCC Wireline Deputy Bureau Chief Adam Copeland joins Wilkinson Barker as partner … Mediacom Communications promotes Glenn Goldsmith to senior vice president-programming; Joe Appio, Kristi Salmon and Danny Williams to group vice presidents for, respectively, programming/distribution, acquisition marketing and IT-business solutions; and Camille Stevens to vice president-accounts payable … TextUs messaging platform hires Andrew Davis, ex-Fishbowl Inventory, as vice president-marketing.
Carolina Dybeck Happe resigns from Ericsson board following her appointment as Microsoft executive vice president-chief operations officer …
NetChoice announces departure of Vice President-General Counsel Carl Szabo … Darwinium, digital security and fraud prevention company, appoints Peng Leong, ex-Rev and Symantec, as chief financial officer and Paul Cloutier, ex-ThreatMetrix, as vice president-sales, Americas … Sinclair adds vice president to Cindi Dias’ role as general manager-California’s KBAK-TV Bakersfield and KBFX Bakersfield … Telesat taps retired Royal Canadian Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Adamson as senior director-defense strategy and business development ... Warner Bros. Discovery adds board member John Malone’s nephew Daniel Sanchez, a former Discovery board member, to board, effective Oct. 1.
Cooley adds partners to communications regulatory practice: Tony Lin, from DLA Piper, and Ronald Del Sesto and Tamar Finn, both from Morgan Lewis … TechNet appoints Ballina Strategic Communications founder April Mellody as senior vice president-communications … Pennsylvania Senate confirms Public Utility Commissioner Ralph Yanora to second five-year term.
Keith Schomig, ex-White & Case, named partner at Paul Hastings, focusing on national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. … Aalyria, advanced networking and laser communications tech company, appoints Comtech Telecommunications’ Maria Hedden as chief operating officer … Arteris, provider of semiconductor system IP for system-on-chips development, names Joachim Kunkel, Synopsys, to board …GeoLinks hires Mark Funaki, ex-Capstone Green Energy, as general counsel-corporate secretary … Air5, 5G tech company, adds Vinod Khosla founder Raj Singh to advisory board.
Lantronix announces resignation of CFO Jeremy Whitaker, appoints Controller Brent Stringham as interim CFO and names David McLennan, ex-Sierra Wireless, as adviser during the transition … Vecima Networks promotes Judd Schmid to CFO, succeeding Dale Booth, retiring … Lattice Semiconductor appoints Ford Tamer, ex-Inphi, CEO, replacing interim CEO Esam Elashmawi, who continues as chief strategy and marketing officer.
Rocket Lab hires Frank Klein, from Daimler AG, as chief operations officer … DZS broadband networking and connectivity company announces CFO Misty Kawecki stepping down at month’s end, with Chief Accounting Officer Brian Chesnut becoming interim CFO.