Octagon promoted EVP/Strategy MATTHEW FERGUSON to EVP & Global Head of Sponsorship Strategy; VP/Digital COLLEEN CUMMINGS to SVP & Head of Digital; and VP/People & Culture MARY SIRICO to SVP/People & Culture. Both Ferguson and Cummings, an SBJ New Voices Under 30 honoree in 2020 , will report to Octagon President of Marketing/North America LOU KOVACS . Sirico will report to Octagon EVP/People & Culture BRIAN SMITH ( Austin Karp, SBJ ).
VSiN named STEVE COHEN EVP/Talent & Programming. He will join VSiN leadership in working to expand sponsorship, distribution, and audience. Cohen spent the last 20 years as SVP/Sports Programming at SiriusXM. Before joining SiriusXM, Cohen worked at WFAN Sports Radio where he served as Exec Producer for both the Jets Radio Network and Giants Radio Network. Cohen founded the Pro Football News and Injury Report in the early 1990s and was inducted into the Fantasy Sports HOF in 2017 ( VSiN ).
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