Alcatel-Lucent – Sean O’Halloran has been appointed VP of Alcatel Lucent’s Australian National Broadband Network team. O’Halloran formerly served as VP of the company’s Enterprise Group in Australia.
Clarity – Douglas Gracie has been named VP Services. Prior to joining the Clarity team, Gracie spent 3 years at Telcordia Technologies as both VP Solution Delivery and VP Strategic Accounts.
DirectTV – Michael White, former Vice Chairman of PepsiCo Inc., has been selected to take on the role of CEO, effective Jan. 1. Chase Carey, the previous CEO of DirectTV, will become News Corp.’s President and COO.
EchoStar – Michael Dugan will replace Charles Ergen as President and CEO. Before assuming this role, Dugan was an EchoStar board member. Ergen will remain as chairman of Echostar and CEO of Dish.
