Communications Personals
NAB hires as vice presidents-government relations, effective Feb. 27, Nicole Gustafson, ex-NFL, and Grisella Martinez, ex-House Democratic Caucus staffer ... Hap Rigby, leaving Senate Commerce Committee, joins Wiley Rein’s Telecom, Media & Technology practice as senior policy adviser, effective Feb. 21 ... Jenner & Block adds government contracts and international regulatory compliance lawyer Andrew Irwin, ex-Steptoe & Johnson, as partner and member of Government Contracts and Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation practices ... Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican, elevated to acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, succeeding Elliot Kaye, a Democrat, who will remain on the commission.
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House Commerce Committee Majority Staff Director Gary Andres joins Biotechnology Innovation Organization as senior executive vice president-public affairs ... SoundCloud appoints Merritt Farren, ex-Amazon's Audible.com, as general counsel, succeeding Neil Miller, who left the company earlier this year for a position at JAG Shaw Baker ... Align adds attorney John Araneo, ex-Cole-Frieman, as managing director, cybersecurity unit Align Secure and as the company’s general counsel ... Coinstar names Thien Truong, ex-Green Dot Corp., chief revenue officer, new position ... Cylance names data center expert Daniel Doimo president-chief operating officer.
IPG Photonics Managing Director, IPG Laser, Senior Vice President-Europe and board member Eugene Scherbakov also becomes chief operating officer, new position ... Xignite announces ex-3D Robotics, Microsoft executive Mark Rowe as chief financial officer ... Unify appoints Paul Cunningham, ex-Oracle, chief marketing officer, succeeding Bob Clinton ... Nexstar Media hires Gray Soapes, ex-Raycom Media, as vice president-general manager, WCBD-TV Charleston and associated digital services ... QuadGen names Leighton Carroll, ex-Squan Holding and previously AT&T, as president ... Halo Privacy board adds Timothy Theriault, also on boards including Alliance Data Systems.