Communications Personals
CTIA promotes Matt Gerst and Jackie McCarthy to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs; Kathryn Dall’Asta is now associate general counsel ... NCTA hires Virginia Zigras, ex-aide to Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., as vice president-government relations ... Charter Communications adds Colleen King, ex-Wiley Rein, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... New title at FTC for ex-NTIA's Juliana Gruenwald (see 1701250073) is public affairs specialist, working on tech and privacy issues ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires as staff technologist Erica Portnoy, ex-Google ... Joining Facebook: Hugo Barra, ex-Xiaomi, to lead all virtual reality efforts, including Oculus team.
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Lionsgate promotes Executive Vice President Chris Selak and expands purview to include worldwide TV ... Electrocomponents hires Steve Newland, ex-Mouser Electronics, as president, Allied Electronics, effective Feb. 7 ... Joining Glu Mobile is Mike Olsen, ex-Electronic Arts, as senior vice president-studios ... MetTel tapped Andrew Nash, ex-Verizon Wireless, to lead business helping customers with the IoT ... At Washington Post video department, Phoebe Connelly gets expanded role as deputy director-video ... NewsCred names Lisa Kalscheur, ex-AppNexus, senior vice president-marketing ... SecureWorks adds Jason Capitel, ex-Dell EMC, as chief revenue officer, and Alexandra Gobbi, ex-EarthLink, as chief marketing officer.
CyberArk says Adam McCord, ex-ForeScout, is vice president-sales, Latin America ... Baretz+Brunelle announces Erin Harrison, ex-American Lawyer Media, is managing director, leading its legal technology practice ... Nexar, over-the-top vehicle-to-vehicle network, hires University of California, Berkeley professor Trevor Darrell as chief scientist; he keeps his academic post ... Broadcasting Board of Governors elects board member Kenneth Weinstein, Hudson Institute, acting chairman; Weinstein succeeds outgoing Chairman Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, who remains a director; public diplomacy expert Matthew Armstrong resigned from the board.