ESPN named CHUCK PAGANO to the newly created position of Exec VP & Chief Technology Officer. Pagano was hired as a Technical Dir when the net launched in '79. In his new role, he will lead all of ESPN's core technical functions and operations including distribution, transmission, engineering, IT, software development, technology innovation and strategic technology forecasting (ESPN)....Farmers Insurance President of Enterprise Marketing C. PAUL PATSIS will retire at the end of the year. His work with the company included helping to secure naming rights for the proposed Farmers Field in L.A. and signing a new deal with NASCAR. Patsis' departure comes after Exec VP & CMO KEVIN KELSO quietly left the company in May (THE DAILY).
EXECS: Old Dominion Univ. named LSU Assistant Dir of Athletic Marketing ANDREW ROWDON Assistant AD for Marketing. The school also promoted: CAROL HUDSON, TINA PRICE and BRADY ORVIK to Assistant ADs; KIM ZIVKOVICH to Associate AD for Athletic Communications; ERIC BOHANNON and DUSTIN SEMONAVICK to Assistant Dirs of Communications; JACKIE BARROW to Community Relations Coordinator; PAUL BRIGGS to Dir of Video Services; and CHRISIE BROWN to Dir of Creative Services (THE DAILY)....YES Network promoted JASON FENEQUE to Senior Dir of Affiliate Sales and Marketing (YES).....Luby Publishing President KEITH HAMILTON has been elected Chair & President of the Int'l Bowling Museum & HOF, replacing PAT CINIELLO, who has served as Chair since '07. Ciniello will remain on the BOD (Int'l Bowling Museum & HOF)....Stetson Univ. named Florida Collegiate Summer League DeLand Suns GM JAMES STERN Dir of Operations & Facilities (THE DAILY).
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