Fortinet hires Hugh Carroll, ex-Sprint, as head-government affairs ... Hogan Lovells adds lawyer-lobbyist Cybil Roehrenbeck, ex-Polsinelli telehealth practice leader, as partner in Government Relations and Public Affairs practice, working on telehealth and artificial intelligence .... Ballard Spahr hires Ricardo Jackman, ex-Shulman Rogers, as of counsel-media and entertainment law ... CableLabs' Rachel Beisel, senior vice president-chief marketing officer, leaves "to pursue personal interests"; Director of Communications Ann Finnie is acting CMO.
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California Public Utilities Commission adds as commissioner Darcie Houck, who was sworn in by Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves and appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for a term through 2026 that needs Senate OK within a year; Houck was California Energy Commission chief counsel and, before that, CPUC administrative law judge; she takes a post vacated by Liane Randolph; Houck's transition team's interim jobs include Chief of Staff Christine Powell, Legal and Energy Policy Adviser Suzanne Casazza, Water and Communications Policy Adviser Eileen Odell and Legal and Safety Policy Adviser Sarah Thomas.
Equifax completes its purchase of Kount (see 2101080033); the artificial intelligence-using fraud prevention and digital identity provider joins the buyer's USIS business with Kount CEO Bradley Wiskirchen now senior vice president-general manager of the new Boise-based division of Equifax USIS ... Viavi hires Belden’s Henk Derksen (see this section, Feb. 11) as executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Disney's ABC Owned Television Stations promotes Chad Matthews to president-general manager, WABC-TV New York, succeeding Debra OConnell, promoted last fall to president-networks, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution.
S&P Global to add IHS Markit independent directors Jacques Esculier, Gay Huey Evans, Robert Kelly and Deborah Doyle McWhinney to board of the combined company, contingent on merger transaction's closing as expected in 2021's second half ... Evolv Technology adds former Intuit and Yahoo executive Merline Saintil to the board.