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Attorney General William Barr moves Office of Information Policy acting Director Bobby Talebian to permanent post, replacing Melanie Ann Pustay, retired ... Facebook hires Dan Ball, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as public policy director ... RTI, home control and automation solutions provider, hires Joe Roberts, ex-Nortek and Core Brands, as CEO; interim CEO Mark Derus returns to chief financial officer ... Phone2Action adds Faisal Siddiqui, ex-Virtru, as chief technology officer; Marina Devalia, ex-Higher Logic, as vice president-marketing; Matt Melnick, ex-Vocus, as senior vice president-sales; and Shelli Holland, from Frontpoint, vice president-human resources.
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Velodyne Lidar promotes Mathew Rekow to chief technology officer, succeeding Anand Gopalan, now CEO ... Brightcove announces Amee Desjourdy, ex-Quanterix, is chief people officer ... JDA Software appoints Sue Savage Pirri, from Autodesk, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Network Data Systems advances Wayne Dumas to chief operating officer and Craig Johnson to vice president-worldwide sales ... Nutanix promotes Chris Kaddaras to executive vice president-global sales.
AccessData Group additions include Tammy Doss, from Intellective, as vice president-sales, legal and service providers for North American markets ... Mitre promotes Eliahu Niewood to vice president-joint and cross-cutting capabilities ... NetApp names Deepak Ahuja, Verily, to board.
Lobbyist registrations: 5G Action Now, McGuireWoods Consulting on “federal government initiative on 5G,” effective Jan. 16 ... 5G Action Now, Navigators Global on the FCC’s work on the planned 2020 C-band spectrum auction and Chesapeake Enterprises on “American national security and the economic benefits of winning the 5G battle,” effective Jan. 15 ... Emerging tech and blockchain consultancy ATOLLetc, on its own behalf, effective Jan. 15 ... ​Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group on “taxes affecting the semiconductor industry,” effective Jan. 1.
More lobbyist registrations: Blockchain tech firm Algorand, Franklin Square Group on “promoting the adoption of blockchain technology and regulatory clarity for digital assets,” effective Jan. 1 ... Charter, Strategies 360 on “6G cellular technology,” effective Jan. 1 ... Broadcom, Alpine Group on spectrum, effective Dec. 1 ... Facebook, Alpine Group on spectrum, effective Dec. 1 ... HawkEye 360, Akin Gump on “geolocating sources of radio frequencies,” effective Dec. 1 ... ZTE, Akin Gump to give “legal and compliance advice on U.S. law,” respond “to and educate U.S. government officials about ZTE compliance efforts with regard to settlement agreements” with Commerce and Justice departments, effective Nov. 28.