Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announces she's leaving company in the fall, remaining on board ... Mobix, connectivity provider for wireless mmWave 5G and wired high-bandwidth cable networks, hires Jim Aralis, from Microsemi, as chief technology officer … GSMA promotes Lara Dewar to chief marketing officer ... Gannett announces organizational restructuring, moving Maribel Perez Wadsworth and Kris Barton to presidents, respectively, of its new Gannett Media and Digital Marketing Solutions operating business units ... FuboTV promotes Ben Grad to senior vice president-head, strategic partnerships and operations, newly created role; it hires Verizon’s Todd Mathers as senior vice president-content strategy and acquisition; and taps Goldin’s Andrew Steinberg, also ex-Discovery, as vice president-business development.
Nextstar Media hires Mark Danielson, ex-NPG of California, as vice president-general manager Salt Lake City designated media market and promotes to vice president-general manager Joe Abouzeid for Buffalo DMA and Judson Beck for Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Marquette, Michigan, DMAs … Cybersecurity company Sphere taps IBM’s Ken Koocher as director-ecosystem strategy ... Elizabeth Scallon, ex-Amazon, joins HP as director-lead, incubation enablement … Cloud security platform Authomize adds Palo Alto Networks executive Shailesh Rao and SentinelOne’s Daniel Bernard to its advisory board.
DocuSign appoints board member Inhi Cho Suh to president-product and technology, effective in July, and elevates Jerome Levadoux to chief product officer; it also hires Twitter’s Jennifer Christie as chief people officer, effective in June, replacing departed Joan Burke, who is stepping into a strategic adviser role; and it taps Jim Shaughnessy from Workday as chief legal officer ... Johnson Controls recruits Microsoft’s Rodney Clark as vice president-chief commercial officer, effective Wednesday, replacing Brian Young, who retired at the end of last year; Clark also takes on a portion of the role being transitioned from Michael Ellis, executive vice president-chief customer and digital officer, who will retire at year-end ... Tencent Music Entertainment Group appoints Tencent Holdings Corporate Vice President Matthew Yun Ming Cheng to its board, replacing Martin Chi Ping Lau, who resigned, effective immediately ... DuPont elects Ohio State University President Kristina Johnson to its board.
Splunk announces departure of Shawn Bice as president-products and technology, effective June 16 ... Allen Media Group hires Matthew Lipson, ex-Sports Illustrated Studios, as executive vice president-marketing, digital platforms and content, newly created position ... Cinemark announces transition of Executive Chairman Lee Roy Mitchell to board member, and names Carlos Sepulveda, lead director since 2016, to succeed him as chairman ... Luminar, automotive lidar hardware and software company, recruits Taner Ozcelik from Nvidia’s automotive business as executive vice president-general manager, and Apple’s CJ Moore, also ex-Tesla, as vice president-software ... Hypernet Labs, Web3 advocacy company, hires Meta’s Abhishek Priya, also ex-Microsoft, as vice president-engineering ... Thunderbird Entertainment’s Atomic Cartoons taps Disney’s Kitty Walsh as executive director-development and promotes Rose Stacey to manager-development ... Board of network streaming solutions provider ClearOne terminates CEO Zee Hakimoglu, installs Senior Vice President-R&D Derek Graham as her interim replacement and promotes Jim Mergens to vice president-sales, Americas ...
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya announces legal staff positions (see 2205250041): Aaron Rieke, from Upturn, becomes chief of staff and attorney adviser; Danielle Estrada moves to attorney adviser-consumer protection and Catherine Sanchez to attorney adviser-competition; and Max Miller, ex-Iowa Attorney General’s Office, also becomes attorney adviser-competition … Charlie Meisch, ex-FCC senior and ex-Crosscut Strategies, joins NTIA as director-public affairs.
Mintz announces Suparna Datta, ex-Maynard Cooper, as a member, Intellectual Property Practice … Cybersecurity platform Onapsis adds Kellie Snyder, ex-Adobe, as chief customer officer ... ViewLift, digital content distribution company, promotes Shraddha Pednekar to chief experience officer and Sujith Vellat to chief technology officer ... Pilotly, creative content research platform, hires Bryon Schafer, ex-Hulu, as chief revenue officer ... Cloud-based software platform ServiceTitans taps Olive Huang from Nutanix as general counsel and secretary of the board, and LinkedIn’s Doug Myers as senior vice president-operations.
Former Public Safety Bureau Chief Lisa Fowlkes joins Comcast as vice president-federal affairs ... Password management company LastPass announces Christofer Hoff, ex-Bank of America, as chief secure technology officer joining recent hires Rob Charlebois, ex-WP Engine, chief marketing officer; and Pegi Wheeler, senior vice president-operations, and Lora Rodstein, senior vice president-human resources, both ex-Kenna Security …
Dish Network hires Gary Schanman, ex-Common Sense Networks and ex-Comcast, as executive vice president and group president-Sling TV ... Oklahoma Corporation Commission appoints Public Utility Division Director Brandy Wreath, the Oklahoma USF administrator, as the interim director-administration effective June 2; current Director of Administration Tim Rhodes leaving to become executive secretary-University of Oklahoma Board of Regents.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Scott Marshall, designated federal officer to FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee, is retiring from agency after 22 years … Wireless ISP Association promotes Eric Slee to vice president-government affairs … Lumen Technologies advances Melissa Mann to vice president and head-public policy and government affairs, succeeding Clay Bailey, now focused on the sale of company’s assets in 20 states under the CenturyLink brand to Apollo’s Brightspeed … Former Minnesota Office of Broadband Development Executive Director Angie Dickison joins TDS Telecommunications as manager-state government affairs … California Strategies public affairs firm announces Marybel Batjer, former California Public Utilities Commission president, as partner.
National Captioning Institute hires Scott Pentoney, ex-ESPN, as manager-technology operations ... Alphabet drone delivery subsidiary Wing hires Angela Chadwick, ex-Tesla, as general counsel … Underwriters Labs recruits David Steel from Samsung Electronics as the first executive director of its newly formed Standards and Engagement organization.