People
Jill Lyon, vice president for regulatory relations at the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Washington, advances to president for regulatory relations and deputy general counsel.
Charles Trimble, founder of Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, CA, assumes position on the board of directors for KVH Industries, Middletown, RI.
E. Van Cullens, president of the communications sector at Harris, Melbourne, CA, moves up to president of the company.
Richard Rogers, manager of AMREP marketing at Amplifier Research, Souderton, PA, advances to vice president of the company.
Robert Batten, sales and marketing manager for Teletec, Wake Forest, NC, joins Davicom Technologies, Raleigh, NC, as national sales manager-USA.
John T. Nakahata departs the FCC, Washington, as chief of staff to become a partner at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis.
Joan Wathen leaves Wholesale Wireless Business Serv-ices, SNET Mobility, New Haven, CT, as vice president to join KSI, Annandale, VA, as vice president of marketing.
Dominick Arcuri, technical marketing manager at Ericsson Private Radio Systems, Lynchburg, VA, advances to vice president of engineering.
Changes at Crown Castle Atlantic, Pittsburgh: Jim Donahue assumes the position of vice president of the Eastern New England region. Bob Ackerman advances to vice president of the New England West region. Tod Bettenhausen, vice president of business development becomes vice president of eastern Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware. Varinia Paige moves from the real estate/development business in the Washington Metropolitan region to vice president for the Washington and Baltimore area. Brian Fovel, general manager from RCC Atlantic Long Distance, becomes vice president for North and South Carolina. Larry Hughes departs Cellular One’s southwest operations as director of engineering to become vice president of the Southwest Region.
Changes at Narda Microwave-East, Hauppauge, NY: Michael J. Sanator, director of operations, advances to vice president of operations. Robert A. Koelzer, previously product line manager for passive products, becomes vice president of engineering.
Davidi Gilo, chairmain of the board of DSP Communications, Cupertino, CA, assumes the position of CEO.