Communications Personals
Kelley Drye promotions to partner include: Joshua Guyan in Communications practice group, and Dustin Painter, Government Relations and Public Policy; and to special counsel Audrey Jing Faber, Litigation, representing entertainment companies and broadcasters, Denise Smith, Communications, and Kristi Wolff, Advertising and Marketing, working on issues including wearable technology and privacy ... Trustworthy Accountability Group names Mike Zaneis permanent president-CEO; once the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he's general counsel/executive vice president-public policy, finds a replacement, he will work at TAG full time ... Harris Wiltshire hires John Hodges, ex-Wiley Rein, as counsel, energy practice, and he has worked on international trade, advertising and other issues.
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Convergys promotion of Jarrod Pontius to general counsel and chief administrative officer took effect, after retirement of Claudia Cline, executive vice president-general counsel ... SoftBank's SB Group US hires Deep Nishar, ex-LinkedIn, as managing director ... Tegna hires Sean Wechter, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president-digital technology and product development, Tegna Media, new position ... Harris Corp. reorganization of business segments after buying Exelis includes Chris Young, leading Communication Systems, Ed Zoiss, Electronic Systems, and company moves Sheldon Fox to senior vice president-integration and engineering and Dana Mehnert to senior vice president-chief global business development officer ... QVC hires Sanjay Singh, ex-Abercrombie & Fitch, as senior vice president, newly formed Business Planning & Analysis group ... Keyssa, wireless connectivity startup, hires Steve Venuti, ex-HDMI Licensing, as vice president-strategic solutions, but he'll remain an HDMI adviser under a year-long transitional consulting agreement.