Among other personnel moves (see this section, April 3), Public Knowledge promotes Meredith Whipple to digital outreach director ... Patrick Lin, California Polytechnic State University, joins Center for a New American Security Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security ... Code Dx announces Martin Weber, ex-Cisco, as senior vice president-worldwide sales; promotes Curtis Bragdon to vice president-business development and public sector ... Seaborn Networks appoints Michel Marcelino, from Vogel Telecom, senior vice president, head-Latin America ... President Donald Trump nominating judge for the Western District of Kentucky Justin Walker to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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NENA nominees to new NG-911 Interoperability Oversight Commission: Dave Sehnert, Mission Critical Partners; Rick Blackwell, Greenville County Office of 9-1-1, South Carolina; Steve O’Conor, Next Generation 9-1-1 Consulting Services; Maria Jacques, state of Maine; Steve McMurrer, Fairfax County, Virginia; Doug Cunningham, CenturyLink; Jeff Wittek, Motorola; Darlene Pankonie, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota; Irene Fernando, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and Kris Zuniga of Kings County, California ... BIO-key International names Manny Alia, Exponential Launch Partners, to board.
Lobbyist registrations: Speedcast, The Vogel Group, effective March 24 ... Gaming company Accel Entertainment, The Carmen Group on legislation to address economic effects of COVID-19, effective March 21 ... Software developer 98point6, GrayRobinson on telehealth and virtual care issues for COVID-19, effective March 20 ... Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association, The Smith-Free Group, effective March 17 ... Viamedia, The Carmen Groupon “antitrust impacts on cable advertising,” effective March 17 ... DraftKings, Ballard Partners, effective March 15 ... FanDuel, Ballard Partners, effective March 15 ... Blackboard, Bryan Cave on “student data privacy,” effective March 4 ... Connected vehicle tech firm wejo, Hawksbill Advisors on “data privacy, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity” and Department of Transportation reauthorization, effective March 3 ... Machine learning tech developer Paravision, Invariant, effective March 2 ... 5G Action Now, BGR Government Affairs, effective March 1 ... Microelectronics company Birmingham Technologies, Prasam, effective March 1 ... InterDigital, Platt Strategic Consulting on telecom, tech and trade, effective March 1 ... Transportation technology firm Piper Networks, BGR Government Affairs to “provide strategic counsel regarding FCC matters,” effective March 1 … Telecom company Simma International, The Normandy Group, effective March 1.
Additional lobbyist registrations: Coalition for a Prosperous America, on its own behalf on “5G Research and Development for US vendors” and other matters, effective Feb. 20 ... Mobility-challenged travel tech provider FetchyFox, Sullivan Strategies, effective Feb. 14 ... HawkEye 360, on its own behalf, effective Feb. 13 ... Monster Worldwide, Holland & Knight, effective Feb. 13 ... Telehealth provider Remote Health Solutions, effective Feb. 10 ... Palantir, Invariant, effective Feb. 10 ... Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Ogilvy Government Relations, effective Feb. 1 ... Orbital debris remover Astroscale, on its own behalf, effective Feb. 1 ... BSA|The Software Alliance, Capitol Hill Policy Group on “artificial intelligence, appropriations, crossborder data, cybersecurity, data security, and privacy,” and Tim Yehl on “privacy, AI, encryption and cybersecurity,” both effective Feb. 1 ... Hisense USA, Barnes & Thornburg, effective Feb. 1 ... RI International, Guide Consulting Services on improving access to crisis care services, including “a three-digit crisis call line,” effective Feb. 1 ... Concurrent, Brody Group, effective Jan. 6 ... Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, on its own behalf, effective Jan. 1.