People

Changes at Hutton Communications, Carrollton, TX: Tim Link leaves MCC Panasonic, Peachtree City, GA, as manager of product marketing to join Hutton as Atlanta general manager. Rob Schulze departs American Paging, Oak Brook, IL, as area general manager to become general manager for Hutton’s Chicago branch. Bob Treanor joins Hutton as the Dallas general manager after exiting Amphenol, Danbury, CT, as director of wireless cable products. Brian Miller leaves American Paging, Washington, DC, as regional general manager to join Hutton as general manager of the Harrisburg branch.

Promotions at Watkins-Johnson’s Telecommunications Group, Gaithersburg, MD: Robert G. Hiller, the vice president of product development, advances to president. Sharon A. Keillor, the vice president of finance and planning, moves up to chief operating officer.

Changes at Coded Communications, Carlsbad, CA: Alison Fisher departs the San Diego Transportation Management Association as executive director to join Coded as an account manager. Mark Freed exits his job as council representative for the City of San Diego Deputy Mayor to join Coded as an account manager.

Charlie Cobb, chief of the FCC Laboratory, Columbia, MD, wins the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE) Marconi-Bell Award, in recognition for more than 30 years of service to the FCC. “He has built the lab into a respected facility; he has insured that procedural and equipment reviews are efficient, timely and thorough, and his reputation for effective managerial skills and technical competence has reached far beyond the laboratory walls,” said John B. Holmberg, NARTE executive director.

Carl Hansen, manager of state regulatory affairs at Omnipoint Communications, Cedar Knolls, NJ, advances to director of regulatory affairs.

Changes at Telogy Networks, Germantown, MD: William E. Witowsky, vice president of engineering, moves up to senior vice president. Paul Shyne Ling Wang departs Retix, a California-based data networking company, as vice president of engineering to join Telogy as vice president of engineering.

Alan Ciamporcero is appointed senior vice president and chief of staff for government relations at the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), Alexandria, VA. Ciamporcero is an attorney and has experience as vice president for Pacific Telesis in Washington, DC.

Jerry Patton, manager of special projects at Liebert, Columbus, OH, advances to director of export sales and administration.