FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks announces Flynn Rico-Johnson, former deputy chief of staff to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., as policy adviser-wireless, space, and international issues … Project Liberty Institute names former Taiwan Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang as senior fellow … Manatt Phelps adds Mike Katz as a partner in its financial services practice; based in Manatt’s New York office, Katz will help lead the expansion of the firm’s blockchain capabilities ... Evolution Equity Partners, cybersecurity venture capital firm, promotes Aron Khurana to partner, in addition to his continuing role as head-investor relations.
Sheba Microsystems https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240611750148/en/Boxlight, interactive technology provider, names Dale Strang CEO; he was interim CEO since January ... Booz Allen taps Bill Vass, ex-Amazon Web Services, as chief technology officer, effective Monday ... Horizon3.ai, autonomous security provider, names Jill Passalacqua, ex-JumpCloud, chief legal officer ... Transmedia company Elf Labs hires screenwriter-director Alyse Rosenberg as senior vice president-content ... Aventi Group, product marketing agency, adds Healy Marketing Group founder Kate Loomis, also former Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks, as partner.
Kansas Commerce Department appoints Deputy Director-Broadband Development Joseph Le as interim director, Office of Broadband Development, during search to replace Jade Piros de Carvalho, reportedly ousted … Nexstar Media Group hires Amazon’s Lisa Taylor as senior vice president-digital advertising sales … Barracuda Networks hires former Check Point Software executive Geoff Waters, also ex-VMware, as chief revenue officer ... SolarWinds hires Actian CEO Lewis Black, also former Nexmo, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and Citrix, as chief financial officer, effective in August, to succeed departing Barton Kalsu, remaining CFO through Aug. 15 and serving in an advisory capacity thereafter.
ICANN selects London Internet Exchange CEO Kurt Lindqvist as president-CEO, effective December; Sally Costerton continues until then as interim president-CEO … Quadra Partners announces Brian Regan, ex- Aura Network Systems and former National Spectrum Consortium executive committee member, as firm’s first managing director … Crest Hill Advisors names Ken Turner, former DOD deputy director-spectrum, as senior adviser … Bridge Growth Partners, tech investment firm, taps former Siris Capital Group principal Prosper Vignone, also former IBM vice president-corporate development and business development, as a senior adviser.
Beacon Global Strategies, public policy strategic advisory firm, adds Divyansh Kaushik, ex-Federation of American Scientists, as vice president-global technology practice, and Ben Schramm, ex-Maxar Intelligence, as vice president-national security technology practice ... Semtech, semiconductor, IoT systems and connectivity service provider, taps current board member Hong Hou as president-CEO, succeeding departed Paul Pickle; Hou is former president of Brooks Automation’s semiconductor group, and previously was general manager of Intel’s cloud and edge networking group ... Curve, U.K.-based digital wallet, promotes Senior Vice President-Corporate Development Nancy Yaffa to U.S. CEO, and adds Silverfern Group co-founder Reeta Holmes to its board ... Cybersecurity company Securonix names Dev Singh, ex-ForgeRock, head-sales, Southeast Asia region.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Mark Nadel, attorney-adviser, Wireline Bureau, and Diane Burstein, deputy chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau … C Spire promotes President Suzy Hays to CEO, effective July 1, succeeding Hu Meena, who will step up to chairman of Telapex, holding company for C Spire and Franklin Telephone … Sprinklr, unified customer experience management platform, elevates interim Chief Operating Officer Trac Pham to co-CEO alongside current CEO Ragy Thomas; Pham previously was Synopsys chief financial officer ... Celestial AI, optical interconnect technology provider, taps former Siprocal and Astra Space executive Kelyn Brannon as chief financial officer ... HG Insights, data analytics platform for tech companies, appoints former SolarWinds Chief Product Officer Rohini Kasturi as CEO and board member ... Clari, AI-powered revenue platform, hires former Envoy and Skybox Security executive Claire Darling as chief marketing officer.
GSMA announces Mats Granryd stepping down as director general after Mobile World Congress Barcelona in 2025, departing from the role at the end of March, then becoming special adviser for the remainder of 2025 … Solomon Partners hires Solange Velazquez, ex-William Blair & Co, as managing director-tech group … Evolution Equity Partners, cybersecurity venture capital firm, adds Sinet CEO Heather Rodriguez as a venture partner-leader of firm’s chief information security officer advisory council ... Concordant, policy and communications advisory firm, hires Debbie Anderson-Brooke, ex-Convoy, as president and head-AI, data and robotics practice group, and Andrew Stern, ex-ICR Consilium, as vice president-media relations.
Spectrum Effect, provider of RF interference analysis and mitigation solutions to the wireless industry, hires former Nokia North America President Shaun McCarthy as president and chief revenue officer ... AST SpaceMobile, developer of space-based cellular broadband network accessible from “everyday smartphones,” adds former Vodafone and Ericsson executive Johan Wibergh to its board; Wibergh also will chair AST board’s newly formed network planning and spectrum committee ... Martello Technologies Group announces resignation of former BT Group Managing Director Mike Galvin from its board for personal reasons ... Everbridge, supplier of national public warning software solutions, hires Pamela Larson, ex-Twilio, as chief security officer, North America ... Cyble, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions provider, adds former EY executive Steve Ingram to its advisory board ... Boomi, intelligent integration and automation platform, promotes Chief Accounting Officer Jessica Soisson to chief financial officer.
Wilkinson Barker rehires Karen Milne, former TelevisaUnivision senior vice president-U.S. regulatory, as a partner in its D.C. office ... Consulting firm Crest Hill Advisors taps Kyle Victor, ex-VMware global head-government relations and public policy, as founder of its legislative practice; Victor also is former legislative director to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., ranking member on House Communications and Technology Subcommittee ... Maryland Public Service Commission announces retirement of Commissioner Anthony O'Donnell, effective immediately ... Responsive, strategic response management software provider, forms advisory board whose inaugural members include: Lakecia Gunter, chief technology officer, Microsoft Global Partner Solutions; Dan Springer, former DocuSign CEO; Stephen Diorio, managing director, the Revenue Enablement Institute; and Amy Wilkinson, Ingenuity CEO and lecturer in management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business ... Viad, trade show exhibition services provider, promotes Derek Linde to president of its GES business, in addition to his existing role as Viad’s chief operating officer ... Lattice Semiconductor names Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer Esam Elashmawi interim CEO; President-CEO Jim Anderson departs to pursue an opportunity at another company... Ataccama, AI-powered data management company, hires former IBM AI lead Jay Limburn as chief product officer, newly created role ... DXC Technology, global tech services provider, taps Kaveri Camire, former vice president for IBM’s hybrid cloud business, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer.
SightLine Applications, video processing solutions company, taps Jonathan Atwood, ex-Trillium Engineering, also former L3 Harris, as CEO ... National OnDemand, communications and utilities infrastructure provider, hires Richard Jordan, ex-Mears Broadband, as executive vice president-operations ... National Content & Technology Cooperative adds former Vyve Broadband CEO Phil Spencer to its board ... Truepic, provider of secure content transparency infrastructure, adds former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to industry board of advisers … Hovr, marketing software company for delivering video content to website visitors, adds former Remington Hotels President Chris Green to its advisory board.