Philly Tech People News 6/1/2016: Kopelman to chair Philly newspaper board; Comcast promotes CTO Werner

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Josh Kopelman replaces Gerry Lenfest as PMN chair (Philly.com)
He's non-executive chair, not CEO, so Kopelman might not be too hands on, but it will be interesting to see what he
does.

Josh Kopelman hopes to bring innovation to Philly’s biggest newspapers (Q&A) (Billy Penn)



Tony Werner Promoted to President, Technology and Product, Comcast Cable; Sree Kotay Promoted to Chief Technology Officer

Rick Bulotta has left PTC ThingWorx as of eoy 2015; at ThingWorx he was co-founder and CTO. He left it as possibly the most successful US industrial IoT startup, embedded at GE and having other revenue streams outside of GE as well.
He was going to take it easy for awhile in transition, but seems busier than most people, judging from his LinkedIn page and this Technically Philly post.



Bela Bajaria Departs Universal Television as President; NBC’s Pearlena Igbokwe Set to Take Over Studio (Variety)




U.S. fund company Vanguard names Michael Rollings finance chief (Reuters)

Flash-sale e-retailer Rue La La promotes a co-founder to CEO (Internet Retailer)
Boston-based Rue La La is one piece of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC, but like most flash sale sites its had some issues to sort through.

href="http://healthitanalytics.com/news/population-health-management-tool-wins-data-sharing-prize#.V0S3p50JFLY.twitter">Population Health Management Tool Developed at CHOP Wins Data Sharing Prize (Health Analytics)



Comstar Supply Adds Industry Veteran to Leadership Team