Netflix adds Anne Sweeney, Disney-ABC TV, and Brad Smith, Microsoft, to board ... Comcast promotions include: to executive vice president Charlie Herrin, customer experience, and Matthew Strauss, also to general manager-video services; to senior vice president Clem Cheng, human resources, sales and marketing, Daniel Herscovici, also to general manager-Xfinity Home, Jan Hofmeyr, for X1 platform, Bridget Kimball, software development & engineering, Rick Rioboli, Comcast metadata products and search services, Sherita Ceasar, national video deployment engineering, Michael Brady, state regulatory affairs, Klayton Fennell and Rick Smotkin, government affairs, and Kathryn Koles and David Marcus, both also deputy general counsel; and to vice president Juan Otero, federal government affairs, Matthew Fradin and Derek Squire, also to senior deputy general counsels, and Mark Dellinger, strategic intellectual property ... CEA President Gary Shapiro, NAB President Gordon Smith and NCTA President Michael Powell to participate in "Future of TV Super Panel," moderated by Wiley Rein Chairman Dick Wiley, at ATSC Broadcast Television Conference May 14, Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington ... Communications Sales & Leasing hires Mark Wallace, ex-Fortress Investment Group, as senior vice president-chief financial officer and treasurer.
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Will Daugherty, ex-Baker & McKenzie, joined BakerHostetler’s privacy and data protection team in the Houston office as counsel ... Fish & Richardson hires Leonard Davis, retiring as judge on U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, as of counsel, consulting on patent litigation and complex commercial litigation, effective May 18 ... Infoblox hires Alan Conley, ex-Zenoss, as executive vice president and chief technology officer; Stuart Bailey, previously CTO, named chief scientist ...Taqua adds to board Gerry Salemme, Eagle River Holdings, who also becomes a minority investor in the company ... Xoom, digital money transfer provider, adds to board Tom Killalea, ex-Amazon, as Keith Rabois resigns from the board following its annual meeting scheduled for May 28 ... Meredith Corp. hires Kim Martin, ex-WE tv, as chief strategy officer, effective April 13 ... Lobbyist registrations: CTIA, Polaris Government Relations, effective Feb. 18 ... Expedia, Akin Gump, effective March 3 ... NCTA, Polaris Government Relations, effective March 1.