Photos from the Cable & Telecommunications Human Resources Association's annual Symposium and Awards Luncheon, held in Atlanta on May 2.
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AgileTV
Voice-enabled search and navigation services provider AgileTV has named Bob Greiner as senior vice president, sales. He comes from Kasenna Inc., where he was VP, business development.
Aurora
Aurora Networks has added Sudhesh Mysore as executive director, advanced telecommunications technologies. He was chief technical officer of IPITEK.
Also, Aurora elevated three regional sales directors — Eddie Feghali, Western region; David Lang, Mountain and Mid-America regions; and Garry O'Neil, Canada and the Great Lakes — to regional vice president, sales.
BayPackets
JD Vaughn was named vice president, global sales and marketing at BayPackets Inc. He comes from Radvision, where he was general manager for the Americas.
Court TV
Laura Sheridan was named vice president, programming research at Court TV. She comes from Hallmark Channel, where she was director, ad sales-research.
Discovery
Discovery Networks U.S. has elevated Amy Baker to senior vice president of cross-platform ad-sales division Discovery Solutions. She was VP, Eastern region, advertising sales.
Food
Food Network has named Charles Nordlander vice president, primetime programming development. He comes from A&E Network, where he was director, lifestyle programming.
GSN
Joel Chiodi was elevated to vice president, marketing and promotions at GSN. He had been executive director, marketing and promotions.
Hallmark
Kimberly Caruso was named director, advertising sales research for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. She was ad-sales research manager for Oxygen Media Inc.
Sci Fi
Sci Fi Channel has named Chris Regina vice president, programming. He had managed strategic programming and scheduling for the channel.
Also, Colleen Lehman signed on as director, alternative programming. She was senior producer of Fox's The Swan.
Sesame
Sesame Workshop has elevated Carol-Lynn Parente to executive producer of Sesame Street. She was senior producer.
Starz
Starz Entertainment Group has elevated Brian Swanson to director, point of sale and Eric Neal to director, affiliate sales and marketing.
Also, Chris Hogan joined Starz as director, affiliate sales and marketing; andTonya Hall joined the marketing communications team as senior director, direct marketing.
TCM
Turner Classic Movies has named Jennifer Dargan director, public relations. She had been a public relations and public-affairs consultant for Turner South, among other clients.
tvK24
Television Korea 24 has named Sung Lee director of affiliate sales. She comes from EchoStar Communications Corp., where she was international programming manager, East Asian Services.
TV Guide
TV Guide Channel reported three promotions on its programming team: Paul Adler to executive producer from supervising producer; Eddie Delbridge to director, live events and program promotions from supervising producer, program promotion; and Lisa Germani to senior talent executive.
Also, Vaughn Morrisonwas named vice president, production for video-on-demand service TV Guide Spot. He was news director for FSN Southeast. And Fred Postonwas named TV Guide Spot's vice president, production operations. He was VP, production operations at ABC Family Channel.
Univision
Univision Communications Inc. has appointed Maryam Banikarim as chief marketing officer, a new post. She was senior VP, strategic marketing for the Univision Networks.
Vertasent
Cable veteran Bruce Bradley was named executive vice president, product and market mangement at On Demand headend and resource-management software vendor Vertasent LLC. He was VP of cable patent-portfolio company Sedna.
Whaleback
Internet-protocol business-phone solutions provider Whaleback Systems has named Ken Stess vice president. He comes from Lucent Technologies, where he was vice president and general manager of OEM Solutions.
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainmnt Inc. has namedMichael McNeil vice president, partnership marketing. He was director, development for NYC 2012, the organization vying for a 2012 Summer Olympics bid for New York City.












