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| Ben Torres Ezrick |
Rumble, the video-sharing cloud platform that hosts Truth Social, brings on Ben Torres Ezrick as CMO. Ezrick joins Rumble from Zoom, where he served as head of brand. He has also held senior marketing posts at Google Maps and AT&T. At Rumble, Ezrick will work to position it as a content-rich video platform, cloud provider and future home of a non-custodial crypto wallet. “Ben Torres Ezrick is a top-tier marketing professional, and we are bringing him into Rumble at a key time,” said Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski.
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| Paul Fitzpatrick |
Solace, a company that helps enterprises adopt AI by enabling real-time, event-driven data movement across their business, hires Paul Fitzpatrick as chief marketing and business development officer. Fitzpatrick, who previously served as chief business development officer at the company from 2017 to 2021, was most recently at Shopify, where he led the development of the company's enterprise partner ecosystem. He has also worked at IBM, Halogen Software and Cognos. "Paul brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of building strong brands and driving growth in the technology sector," said Solace president and CEO Denis King.
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| Frank Tanki |
Versant, the recent Comcast spinoff that includes MSNBC, CNBC and other cable networks, has named Frank Tanki as CMO for entertainment and sports, and tabs Tom Clendenin to head marketing efforts for CNBC and MSNBC. Tanki most recently was founder of TNK Marketing, which worked with consumer, experiential and sports brands. Before that, he served as president of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, and held senior positions at Spike, TVLand, CMT and Nickelodeon. Clendenin previously was SVP and CMO for NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC. Before that he was SVP, marketing at CNBC. He has also served as SVP, marketing for Aeropostale and Gap Inc./Old Navy and VP, marketing at ESPN.
Ryan Cudney, who rose to general manager of Edelman’s Pacific Northwest group in a 12-year run at the No. 1 independent PR firm, will join Boeing on July 31 as VP.
The City of Minneapolis hires Adam Fetcher as its first chief communications officer. He's held PR posts at Rivian, Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing and Lyft... Pomona College names Eric Abelev as its new CCO, effective July 23... DrivePath Advisors, a business advisory firm that works with companies in the energy industry, brings on Alix Steel as a principal. 
The Estée Lauder Companies names Nestlé vet Aude Gandon chief digital & marketing officer, a newly created role, effective August 1... Big Group, a creative marketing agency with offices in London, Amsterdam, Bath and Dubai, appoints Martin Kelly as group CEO and Justin Bulley as managing director in London... Angel City Football Club, a National Women’s Soccer League team based in Los Angeles, tabs Julia Victor to serve as CMO, a new role... iSpot, a cross-platform TV & video ad measurement company, brings on Craig Ziegler as chief product officer. 
Dan Meyers, who did a seven year stint at APCO, exiting as deputy manager director of its DC office, has joined Teneo as managing director in its Washington office.
ICR appoints BlackRock's Gabriel Hasson as global head of governance & shareholder advisory... MMGY Global hires Amazon's Oksana Kovalenko as chief human resources officer... NVG, a lobbying, strategy and policy advocacy firm, names Santiago Gonzalez as VP... Seven Letter brings on Ashley Smith as senior director of paid media at Seven Letter Labs, the shop's ad/creative services arm.
