Hernandez Heads for NCTA
Fri, Sep. 21, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
NCTA, the DC voice of the broadband and pay cable TV business, has added Saul Hernandez as VP-government relations.
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NCTA, the DC voice of the broadband and pay cable TV business, has added Saul Hernandez as VP-government relations.
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Michael Ann Thomas, senior VP/global technology chair at APCO Worldwide, will join BCW on Sept. 10 as executive VP-global technology solutions. She takes over for Rowan Benecke.
Omnicom has acquired Credera, the Dallas-based management and technology consultant that has more than 300 staffers and $80M in annual revenues.
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Tech guru Larry Weber, founder/chairman of Racepoint Global, is returning to the helm following the surprise resignation of CEO Peter Prodromou. (1 reader comment)
Sard Verbinnen & Co. represents technology licensing company Rambus Inc., which has fired its CEO Ron Black for conduct that "fell short of the company's standards." (1 reader comment)
IBM has recruited Saswato Das for the VP-corporate communications post effective mid-August. He will join from Zurich-based ABB Group, automation tech giant.
Kristin Binns, Twitter’s head of corporate communications, is heading to Activision Blizzard. Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s VP of communications and public policy and leader of the company’s response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, is stepping down.
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Communications workflow platform Kerauno LLC has retained Finn Partners as its agency of record.
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality have been surrounded by significant hype, both open an array of opportunities for brands, particularly in the travel, tourism, training and retail industries.
Lee Anderson-Brooke, who headed Edelman’s Bay Area technology practice, joined Weber Shandwick in February as executive VP/West Coast lead, technology & corporate.
Altaeros Energies is testing a blimp that will bring wireless broadband coverage to rural and remote areas.
Howard Clabo, senior VP-global communications at Hewlett-Packard Enterprises, is leaving his job next month to start his own firm.
Finland's BCaster unveils artifical intelligence-powered mobile app that opens new ways for media and brands to connect with user-generated video.
Highwire PR has acquired Inner Circle Labs, a firm that focuses on cutting-edge technologies in robotics, artificial intelligence and connected consumer.
Sitrick & Co. represents Andy Rubin, one of Silicon Valley's top technologists, who has taken a leave of absence from his smartphone company Essential following a report that he had an inappropriate relationship while at Google. (1 reader comment)
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