Communications Personals
Wiley Rein adds Stephen Claeys, ex-aide to House Trade Subcommittee, as partner, International Trade practice ... Goodwin adds technology litigator and trial lawyer Neel Chatterjee as partner, Litigation Department and Intellectual Property practice ... Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press hires as communications director Jenn Topper, ex-Sunlight Foundation (see this section of the Dec. 19 issue of this publication) ... Waxman Strategies hires include Kirsten Maynard, ex-Spark, as senior vice president, in the technology practice ... Rightscorp elevates Cecil Bond Kyte to CEO, succeeding Christopher Sabec, who's also president and continues to spearhead intellectual property litigation support and copyright monetization services.
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Major League Baseball's MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) appoints Michael Paull, ex-Amazon, as CEO of BAMTech video streaming company owned by Disney, MLBAM and NHL ... Verizon announces Andrew McKechnie, ex-Apple, as chief creative officer of its just-formed in-house creative agency ... Utilidata said it hired software and cybersecurity executive Ed Hammersla, ex-Forcepoint, as CEO, succeeding Scott DePasquale, who remains chairman and is "taking on a new national security project in the Washington D.C. area" ... WWE appoints Sal Siino, ex-WeMash, senior vice president-global content distribution and business development ... Defense Information Systems Agency Chief Technology Officer David Mihelcic retires.
In Cincinnati Bell's CBTS buying SunTel Services, the buyer said, SunTel co-founders Gary Jackson and Don Jackson will continue leading the organization and will "spearhead" CBTS expansion in Michigan market ... Nexstar Media adds Dominic Mancuso, ex-Raycom, as vice president-general manager of Buffalo's WIVB-TV and WNLO and associated digital services ... FCi Federal hires Tina Dolph, ex- ASRC Federal, as executive vice president-general manager, leading its State Department programs ... Diebold Nixdorf hires Murat Ekinci, ex-Freudenberg IT, as chief information officer ... Bel Fuse Vice President-Finance Colin Dunn retiring, effective May 23, when Craig Brosious, a financial manager at the company, succeeds him.