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Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance names telecom industry executive Anita Dohler CEO-board member, taking over from Peter Meissner, retiring and will "remain active" as senior adviser, NGMN board ... U.S. Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent reportedly departing next month; White House doesn't comment ... Booz Allen adds cybersecurity experts Kevin Richards, ex-Marsh, as executive vice president, leading Strategic Cyber Readiness and Response teams, and Tony Sharp, ex-FedEx, as senior vice president, running Security Architecture and Engineering team.
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Charter Communications promotes Adam Ray to newly created position of executive vice president-multidwelling unit markets, and Magesh Srinivasan to executive vice president-network operations, succeeding Scott Weber, retiring in 2021 ... In Amazon buying self-driving vehicle company Zoox (see 2006260043), buyer says Zoox CEO Aicha Evans and Chief Technology Officer Jesse Levinson "will continue to lead the team" ... Global Prior Art patent research and analytics provider adds Chris Smyth, ex-RPX, as vice president-business development ... Ingram Micro Vice President-Country Chief Executive Francis Choo expands role to include oversight of the new Advanced Solutions strategy; spokesperson tells us Choo oversees operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong, Macau and the Philippines.
In NARUC regional elections, new positions for state commissioners include at Mid-America Regulatory Conference President Gary Hanson, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission; Vice President Sadzi Oliva, Illinois Commerce Commission; Treasurer Katie Sieben, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; and Secretary Dan Scripps, Michigan Public Service Commission; and at Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners, it's President Willie Phillips, District of Columbia Public Service Commission; First Vice President Anthony O’Donnell, Maryland Public Service Commission; and Second Vice President Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
In Silicon Integration Initiative election of 2020-21 directors, joining the Si2 board are: Juan Rey, at Siemens' Mentor business; Pankaj Kukkal, Qualcomm Technologies; and Jung Yun Choi, Samsung Electronics ... Applied Optoelectronics adds University of Missouri Vice Chancellor-Strategic Partnerships Elizabeth Loboa to board, succeeding Alan Moore; next month, Loboa becomes Southern Methodist University vice president-academic affairs and provost; Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold notes she's "the first woman on the seven-member board that already reflects racial diversity"; company representative confirms she's the first female ... Wiley law firm's Megan Brown elected co-chair, FCBA Foundation board.