Communications Personals
SES advances John-Paul Hemingway to CEO, SES Networks, succeeding Steve Collar, who has started as president-CEO of the parent company ... NCTA hires Jon Simons from National Restaurant Association as associate vice president-digital advocacy ... SPIE society for optics and photonics names member Kent Rochford, ex-National Institute of Standards and Technology, CEO, succeeding Eugene Arthurs, retiring, effective June 2 ... Tru Optik adds Frans Vermeulen, ex-Comcast, as chief operating officer.
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President Donald Trump to nominate National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Heidi King to be its administrator ... CTIA adds Syniverse's Dean Douglas to the board; company also says new Syniverse Chief Marketing Officer Bill Hurley (see 1803070011) is joining board of Competitive Carriers Association, succeeding Mary Clark, who left Syniverse for Synchronoss Technologies.
Lobbyist registrations: Central European Media Enterprises, Covington & Burling, effective March 27 ... Global Tel*Link, Barnes & Thornburg, effective March 16 ... Channel 5 Public Broadcasting (Reno, Nevada), District Strategies, effective March 5 ... General Motors, DS2 Group, on issues including autonomous vehicles, effective March 5 ... Amazon, Federal Street Strategies, effective March 1 ... The Business Roundtable, K&L Gates, effective March 1 ... Pymetrics artificial intelligence firm, K&L Gates, effective Feb. 26 ... Antenna manufacturer Comrod, Alignment Government Strategies, effective Feb. 23 ... Airbnb, Kountoupes Denham, effective Feb. 9 ... Telecom firm Quintillion, Capitol Hill Consulting Group, effective Jan. 1.