ESPN named The Weather Company GM/AdFX & Analytics VIKRAM SOMAYA to the newly created role of Senior VP & Global Data Officer. He will be responsible for leading ESPN's data strategy, as well as working closely with Disney Media Networks to identify new revenue models and drive key sales strategies. He will be based in N.Y. and report to ESPN President of Global Sales & Marketing ED ERHARDT. Prior to The Weather Company, Somaya was Thomson Reuters VP/Global Operations & Audience (ESPN).
KING MAKER: The SEC named Birmingham-based Lightfoot, Franklin & White attorney WILLIAM KING Associate Commissioner/Legal Affairs & Compliance (SEC). King "has represented universities and coaches before the NCAA Committee on Infractions regularly over the past decade." He "was active in NCAA cases" involving former Auburn QB CAM NEWTON, Texas A&M QB JOHNNY MANZIEL and Georgia RB TODD GURLEY (CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS, 6/17)....USA Today's Dan Wolken tweeted Sankey's hiring of King is a "very interesting move" (TWITTER.com, 6/17).
EXECS: The NFL Panthers promoted Dir of Football Operations BRANDON BEANE to Assistant GM (Panthers)....Virginia Tech named UAB Associate AD/External Relations BILL LANSDEN Senior Associate AD/Development and Exec Dir of the Hokie Club (VT)....Eastern Michigan Univ. named San Diego State Univ. Assistant AD/Equipment Services BEN HERMAN Assistant AD/Equipment Operations and Kent State Univ. Assistant AD/Student-Athlete Success and Dir of Football Academics DR. TALEA DRUMMER Associate AD/Student-Athlete Support Services (EMU)....Sportvision promoted Senior VP & GM RYAN ZANDER to Exec VP & GM; VP/Digital Media CHRISTINE ANDERSON to Senior VP/Creative & Digital Media; Dir of Business Development/Football & Emerging Sports SHAUN CARRIGAN to Senior Dir of Football; Dir of Motorsports PAULUS WEEMAES to Senior Dir of Motorsports (Sportvision)....Centerplate promoted Regional Operations Manager SIMON PILE to Dir of New Business Partnerships for Europe (Centerplate)....Baptist Health Care and the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine named former Penn State AD DAVID JOYNER Senior VP & Exec Dir, where he will be responsible for day-to-day operations (Andrews Institute)....Enterprise mobility company Kony appointed World Golf HOFer BEN CRENSHAW to its Advisory Board (Kony).
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