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Rogers Communications: President/CEO Nadir Mohamed will retire in January 2014, and the board now plans to appoint a search committee and to select a search firm. Mohamed was promoted to his present position in March 2009, succeeding the late company founder Ted Rogers. Edward Rogers, deputy chairman and chair of the Rogers Control Trust, will not put his name forward as a candidate and neither will Melinda Rogers, although they will be involved in the search process.
Infonetics Research: Godfrey Chua, formerly of Juniper Networks and market research firms IDC, IHS/Emerging Energy and Pyramid, joins as directing analyst/M2M and Connected World. This is a new position and a new research program. Chua will be based in Silicon Valley.
The Internet Society: President/CEO Lynn St. Amour today said she will leave the Society in February 2014 when her contract ends. She’s been on the job since March 2001, and the board will work with her during the next year to search for a successor and to implement a transition plan.