Zimperium, mobile data security company, hires Michael Williams, ex-KnowBe4 and former Symantec, as chief marketing officer ... Mythic, AI processor company, taps Taner Ozcelik, ex-Luminar Technologies, also former On Semiconductor and Nvidia, as its new CEO ... Teradata, cloud analytics and data platform for AI, hires Craig-Hallum Capital’s Chad Bennett as senior vice president-investor relations and corporate development ... C5i, AI and analytics company, adds Harvard Business School professor Ananth Raman to its strategic advisory board ... Excellere Partners, private equity firm, promotes Ryan Revolinski to vice president and Jenna Heinemeyer to associate, and hires Mark Sparrow, ex-KSL Capital Partners, as vice president-finance ... Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia elects Regan Zambri attorney Emily Lagan to a three-year team on its board.
Dish Network hires Samsung Ads' Tom Fochetta as senior vice president-Dish Media, company's advertising and sales division ... Okta, identity management company, adds Genesys' Anthony Bates to its board ...Newly promoted at AST SpaceMobile, space-based cellular broadband network: Chief Strategy Officer Scott Wisniewski assumes additional role of president; Chief Accounting Officer Shanti Gupta moves to chief operations officer; and Chief Legal Officer Andrew Johnson assumes additional role of chief financial officer ... Cox Enterprises promotes Cody Partin to president-Cox Family Office, succeeding Sandy Schwartz, retiring at year-end ... Flo Networks, digital infrastructure solutions and connectivity services provider, promotes Hugo Nava to chief information officer and elevates Chief Product Officer Rocio Martinez to replace him as chief operating officer.
MaxLinear falsely assured investors it would complete its $3.8 billion Silicon Motion buy, even after it “had already decided to abandon the deal,” alleged a shareholder complaint Thursday (docket 3:24-cv-01033) against the RF semiconductor maker and two executives in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Mark Nadel, attorney-adviser, Wireline Bureau, and Diane Burstein, deputy chief, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau … NAB announces election results, including newly elected to radio board: Collin Jones, Cumulus Media executive vice president-corporate strategy and development/Westwood One president, chair; Kevin Perry, Perry Publishing and Broadcasting president-CEO, first vice chair; and Leonard Wheeler, Mel Wheeler president, second vice chair; to television board: Lynn Beall, Tegna executive vice president-chief operating officer, media operations, first vice chair; Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley, second vice chair; RaMona Alexander, American Spirit Media vice president-general manager, WDBD and corporate programming, third vice chair.; and to designated TV network seat on executive committee: Keith Murphy, Paramount senior vice president-regulatory counsel; NAB also appoints Pilar Ramos, TelevisaUnivision executive vice president-general counsel-corporate secretary, to fill vacancy on TelevisaUnivision’s television board.
Intel and 13 officers and board members breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders and the company by making “materially false and misleading statements” about its contract chipmaking foundry business, Intel Foundry Services (IFS), alleged a Securities Exchange Act complaint (docket 1:24-cv-00651) in U.S. District Court for Delaware.
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 ... Wilkinson Barker rehires Karen Milne, former TelevisaUnivision senior vice president-U.S. regulatory, as a partner in its D.C. office ... 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’s 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... Attaccama, 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.
GVTC Communications, fiber optics communications provider, elevates Josh Pettiette, vice president-product, business development and strategic planning, to president-CEO, effective July 1, following retirement of current President-CEO Ritchie Sorrells ... SambaNova Systems, chipmaker for generative AI, adds founding Chairman Lip-Bu Tan, also former Cadence Design Systems CEO, as executive chairman ... Saviynt, provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, hires James Ross, ex-Collibra, ForgeRock and CA Technologies, as regional vice president-Australia and New Zealand ... Liongard, attack surface management cybersecurity platform for managed service providers, announces Stephanie Weagle, ex-Atakama, as chief marketing officer ... Lazard, financial advisory and asset management firm, adds Liontree partner Ben Braun, also former head-media and telecommunications M&A at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as managing director-global head of newly created media, entertainment and sports advisory team ... Media company Raptive taps Dana Storm Santiago, ex-Essence Ventures, as vice president-inclusive partnerships ... Sophos, cybersecurity company, moves interim CEO Joe Levy to permanent CEO and taps Imperva’s Jim Dildine as chief financial officer … Infinera, optical networking and semiconductors company, announces Regan MacPherson, ex-SunPower, as chief legal officer-corporate secretary, succeeding David Teichmann ... TextUs, text messaging platform, adds Rachel Fernandes, ex-Seismic, as senior vice president-product … The Futurum Group, tech advisory, research, intelligence and media firm, appoints Dion Hinchcliffe, ex-ZDNet, as vice president and practice lead-chief information officer practice.
Entravision promotions: Mark Boelke to chief financial officer and treasurer, succeeding Christopher Young, departing; Corporate Controller Bill McNally to corporate controller and chief accounting officer; Jeff DeMartino to general counsel and secretary, succeeding Boelke; Chief Strategy Officer Juan Saldivar departing Entravision, his responsibilities to be assumed by existing members of the management team ... Pinterest adds Chip Bergh, former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO, to its board ... Ford names CFO John Lawler vice chair, with expanded role in Ford+ strategic growth initiative, and hires Sherry House, ex-Lucid Motors, as vice president-finance, part of a plan to succeed Lawler as CFO in early 2025; both assignments are effective in June ... Wipro elevates Vinay Firake to CEO of its Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa strategic market unit and adds him to its executive board ... AEG Presents promotes Brent Fedrizzi to president-North American regional offices.
Lumen Technologies taps Sabre’s Chad Ho, also former Disney and Hulu, as executive vice president-chief legal officer, effective in June, succeeding Stacey Goff, remaining with Lumen for a few weeks after Ho’s arrival ... AST SpaceMobile, space-based cellular broadband network company, hires 3D Systems’ Andrew Johnson as chief legal officer ... Newly named to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cyber Safety Review Board: Jamil Jaffer, executive director, National Security Institute, George Mason University's Scalia Law School; David Luber, NSA director-cybersecurity directorate; Katie Nickels, Red Canary director-intelligence operations; and Chris Krebs, SentinelOne chief intelligence and public policy officer; retiring NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce, whom Luber replaces on the review board, to continue serving on the board as a private sector member ... Cohu, semiconductor equipment and manufacturing services company, adds Karen Rapp, retired former National Instruments chief financial officer, to its board ... UPS announces June 1 departure of Brian Newman as executive vice president-CFO for personal health reasons; UPS will evaluate internal and external candidates to identify Newman’s successor ... Cyemptive Technologies, cybersecurity solutions provider for business and government, names former IBM and Hitachi executive Wessel Graatsma vice president-cybersecurity solutions, Europe ... Searchlight Cyber, dark web intelligence company, names Tim Warner, ex-Zscaler, vice president-global enterprise sales ... Blue Sky Networks becomes part of NAL Research with NAL President Robert Bills leading the combined company ... PayPal names GE’s Steve Winoker chief investor relations officer, effective May 15 ... Vsora AI, chip startup, announces former Stimio CEO David Dorval as vice president-operations and test … MwareTV, cloud-based multitenant platform provider, taps Daniel Conde Coto, ex-Emergent, as director-sales operations.
Intel, CEO Pat Gelsinger and Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner are liable for false statements made to investors related to the company’s Intel Foundry Services (IFS) group, alleged a securities fraud class action Friday (docket 0:24-cv-01602) in U.S. District Court for Northern California.