Photos from the Cable & Telecommunications Human Resources Association's annual Symposium and Awards Luncheon, held in Atlanta on May 2.
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Altitude
Lou Personett was named executive producer for Altitude Sports & Entertainment. He will continue to direct the Denver Nuggets television broadcasts and others as needed.
Atlas Media
Jeanne McHale Waite was named senior vice president and general manager, Atlas Media. She comes from Banyan Productions, where she was CEO and oversaw TLC's Trading Spaces.
Also, Steve Holtzmann was named vice president of production. He has worked on scripted and un-scripted TV for 20 years.
And Andrew Scher was named vice president, production relations. He was senior supervising producer of the John Walsh Show.
Azteca America
James Clemente was named account director at Spanish-language network Azteca America. He comes from Interep subsidiary D&R Radio, where he was VP, director of sales.
Discovery
Clint Stinchcomb was promoted to executive vice president, general manager of Discovery HDTV and New Media. He was senior VP, new-media operations.
EGT
David Eng was named vice president of Eastern sales for video-processing-technology provider EGT. He comes from Tandberg Television, where he was senior director, cable business development.
FSE
Kim Porter was named director of research for Fox Sports en Español. She comes from Nielsen Media Research Hispanic Services, where she was senior account executive responsible for Hispanic market research and sales to Spanish-language broadcasters and agencies.
G4
Robin Radzinksi was named director of production for video-game network G4. She was show producer on HBO's Best of the Fest, and executive producer of E!'s Howard Stern.
Giddy Gander
The Giddy Gander Co. has named Heidi Schwartz director of licensing for preschool series The Wumblers, to broadcast in Fall 2007 on TBN and Smile of A Child Networks. She has worked for Planet Toys, Allstar Marketing Group and Guess Inc.
Kula Media
Todd Bryant and John Pepe have joined video-processing-technology developer Kula Media Group to assist with the market launch of new streaming technology KulaByte. Bryant was founder and CEO, Boxx Technologies, a visual effects systems provider. Pepe was chief operating officer of digital-video-delivery firm Electrocast.
IP Unity
Michael Anderson was named vice president of services and operations for media server and real-time multimedia application developer IP Unity. He comes from Internet security device vendor SonicWall, where he was VP, services.
Also, J.D. Vaughn was named vice president, North America sales. He was VP of worldwide sales and marketing at BayPackets.
Motorola
Kenneth Keller Jr. was named executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Motorola. He comes from Heinz Italy, where he was CEO.
NCC
Derek Smith was named political sales manager in the Washington, office of National Cable Communications. He was director of sales for the Southeast region.
Occam Networks
Nathan Harrell was named vice president of sales for Ethernet and Internet Protocol-based loop-carrier equipment supplier Occam Networks.
RCH
Eric Trefz was named manager of sales support at RCH Outsourcing Services. He was president of ET Associates and has worked in regional management for Heritage Cable and Continental Cablevision.
Tennis Channel
Neil Roberts was appointed to the marketing team of The Tennis Channel. He comes from trade group Promax & BDA, where he was vice president of marketing.
Also, Lauren Leder has also joined the marketing team. She comes from In Demand Networks, where she was a writer and producer and launched two high-definition networks, INHD and INHD2.
And Kate Varley was promoted to director, short-form content and special projects. She was senior producer, on-air promo.
Turner
Sal Petruzzi was promoted to senior vice president of public relations for Turner Ad Sales and Turner Sports. Prior to joining Turner Broadcasting System in 2003, he was director of public affairs and communications for A&E Television.
Also, Jennifer Storms was named senior vice president of marketing and programming, Turner Sports. She was VP of property development and co-managed all on-air and off-channel creative through the Creative Services Sports Unit.
And Dan Darling was named chief information officer, Turner. He has worked for Turner in production since 1985.
Wow/Flutter Post
Ryan Rees was named corporate vice president of music production house Wow and Flutter Post. He had been freelancing as a studio session producer, composer and audio mixer, and has worked with CBS, VH1 and ABC.












