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ALTICAST

Tiaan Schutte has joined Alticast in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He comes from Three Media Associates.

CUTTERS

International editorial firm Cutters Studios has added Julia Pepe as a producer in New York. She comes from mcgarrybowen in Chicago, where she was an associate broadcast producer.

ERICCSON

Ericsson Group in Stockholm, Sweden has elevated Rima Qureshi to senior vice president, chief strategy officer and chairman of business unit modems. The 30-year telecom veteran ran Ericsson’s CDMA Mobile Systems business unit from 2010-2012.

Also, Robert Puskaric was tapped as senior vice president and head of business unit modems at Ericsson. He had been head of the Northern Europe and Central Asia region and will remain on the company’s Global Leadership Team.

HAWTHORNE DIRECT

Los Angeles-based Hawthorne Direct has named Lauren Ann Bronchtein as vice president and account director. She comes from Time Inc., where she was director, ad sales insights and market research, Style & Entertainment Group and News & Sports Network.

INFINERA

Marcel Gani was named to the board of directors of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based tech firm Infinera. He is the former chief of staff and CFO at Juniper Networks.

KSE

KSE Media Ventures, the television arm of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, has named Endre Buxton as CEO of its aerial camera companies SkyCam LLC and CableCam LLC. He comes from American Tube Products, where he was director of operations, finance and project management.

NBCUNIVERSAL

Jacqueline Hernández was promoted to chief marketing officer, Hispanic Enterprises and Content at NBCUniversal. She will remain in New York and transition from her current role as chief operating offi cer of Telemundo.

REVSHARE

RevShare parent Media Properties Holdings has upped Sean King to chief revenue officer. He had been VP, media and network sales.

Also, Stephanie Hanson advanced to senior vice president, media relations. She had been VP of media planning.

And Shannon Nelson will add responsibility for RevShare’s operations and media-distribution divisions, including analytical reporting, real-time bidding solutions, optimization platforms and the network ops team.

RIEDEL

Wuppertal, Germany-based Riedel Communications has advanced Christian Bocksopf to head of marketing. He had formerly served as the tech firm’s marketing manager.

Also, Serkan Güner has joined Riedel as marketing and communications manager. He had been international marcom manager for a German pro A/V system products manufacturer.

DID YOU KNOW?

In addition to her commercial work, Julia Pepe wrote. produced and directed a film on U.S. soldiers returning from Afghanistan.

DID YOU KNOW?

Prior to beginning her television career, Jacqueline Hernández worked at Time Inc. as publisher of People en Español.