Communications Personals
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promotes Tom Sullivan to chief of the International Bureau, where he was acting chief ... Michael Platt, chief of staff to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., nominated to be an assistant secretary of commerce ... Tribune Media's Matt Cherniss, president-general manager, WGN America and Tribune Studios, steps down effective at month's end; TV industry veteran Gavin Harvey named interim president, WGN America ... AT&T Global Public Sector moves Rob Dapkiewicz to vice president-federal civilian, succeeding Mike Leff, named vice president-strategy and operations.
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3M names Michael Roman executive vice president-chief operating officer and H.C. Shin executive vice president-vice chair, both effective July 1, and waives mandatory 65 retirement age for Chairman-CEO-President Inge Thulin; among other executive promotions: Eric Hammes, to senior vice president-business transformation and information technology; Ashish Khandpur to executive vice president, Electronics and Energy Business Group; and John Banovetz to senior vice president-research and development and chief technology officer ... RF Industries adds Robert Dawson, ex-Vision Technology Services, as president-CEO, effective July 17; Howard Hill, interim president-CEO, remains with the Company as a board member.
MHVC Acquisition, ex-Harris Corp. Government Services business, names: Jeremy Wensinger, ex-Augusta Management Strategies, chief operating officer; James Winner, ex-GardaWorld Federal Services, chief legal officer-general counsel; and Robert Giannetta, ex-Causa Talent Source, chief information officer ... Silent Circle adds security executives, all ex-OptioLabs: Hamilton Turner as chief technology officer; Patrick Geritz vice president-sales, Americas; and Gerald Murphy vice president-sales, international ... Ansys engineering simulation software provider for tech, telecom and others hires Janet Lee, ex-Here Technologies, as general counsel.
Cenx, software firm for the telecom industry, names Edward Kennedy, ex-Tollgrade Communications, president-CEO ... I2c smart payments firm appoints Jean Douchey, ex-First Data Corp., senior vice president-operations ... Qumu hires technology and software-as-a-service executive Eric Rudolf as vice president-marketing ... Merlin International cybersecurity firm names Julie Xiang, ex-IBM, vice president-sales ... Netsparker web application security provider picks Kevin Gallagher, ex-One Identity, as vice president-sales ... Robotics Education & Competition Foundation board names Chairman Dan Mantz as CEO ... In Qualcomm investing in Amionx (see 1706200022), Qualcomm President Derek Aberle joins the board of the battery safety tech company.
Lobbyist registrations: Raytheon, on cybersecurity, Vectre Corp., effective June 1 ... Pam Media, Mercury, effective June 1 ... Panasonic of North America, Wiley Rein, effective May 29 ... ILab software quality assurance, Ice Miller Strategies, effective May 26 ... Coinbase, Franklin Square Group, effective May 8 ... Adobe, West Front Strategies, effective May 1 ... Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, Cooper & Kirk, effective May 1 ... Corning, Chamber Hill Strategies, effective May 1 ... Salesforce, Harbinger Strategies, effective May 1.