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Published on: 3/30/2009
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Alton L. Adams Named Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
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Alton L. Adams is appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to Michael Skarzynski, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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Alton and Bob will lead the teams at Arbitron that are enhancing current services for our core radio customers, identifying the best growth opportunities and moving the Company into new markets, both in the United States as well as in international markets,†said Michael Skarzynski, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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Alton Adams, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
In his new role, Mr. Adams is responsible for developing new solutions that use the Arbitron Portable People MeterTM platform to integrate measures of multiple media including radio, cinema, out-of -home and the ‘3-screen’ markets of television, wireless, and Internet.
Mr. Adams is also responsible for Arbitron’s marketing, communications and brand.
He will direct the Company’s marketing efforts designed to help maintain its current leadership and to expand its customer base in domestic and international markets. “ Alton brings to Arbitron a wealth of experience delivering new and valuable services for customers through the integration of large, disparate databases,†said Mr. Skarzynski. “Thanks to his demonstrated ability to develop new Arbitron Appoints Two New Executives as Part of Strategic Realignment information services and his proven expertise in marketing, Alton will lead the effort to expand Arbitron’s portfolio of information services.
Prior to joining Arbitron, Mr. Adams was a Managing Partner at Accenture.
As a senior partner in the CRM practice, Mr. Adams specialized in helping companies use data, analytics and technology to more effectively acquire and retain customers.
Mr. Adams has extensive experience in information services and market research, as President, Experian Database Solutions, where he was responsible for marketing, product management and new product development; and as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mindbranch Inc., a technology focused market research aggregator where he built a complete sales, marketing and technology infrastructure and led the design of a new product suite.
Mr. Adams was also President of Standard and Poor’s DRI, an economic research and consulting business and has held senior positions at Equifax Financial Services Group, TRW Information Services Group and Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Mr. Adams earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Georgetown University .
Mr. Adams (51) will work at Arbitron’s headquarters in Columbia , Maryland .