Sony BMG Ups Kooker
October 06, 2008
By Ed Christman, N.Y.
Dennis Kooker, Sony BMG Global Digital business and U.S. sales executive VP of operations has added GM stripes to his title and responsibilities. Kooker will continue to report to president of Global Digital Business and U.S. Sales Thomas Hesse and help oversee all aspects of the day-to-day operations.
"In January Dennis agreed to serve as interim head of physical sales, and in that capacity he implemented changes that have significantly improved our competitiveness in the shifting marketplace," Hesse said in a comment. "He achieved this while continuing to oversee essential functions in our Group, including finance, sales reporting, research, the U.S. supply chain and our artist Web site activities. Now that [Jennifer] Schaidler has joined Sony BMG as the new executive VP of U.S. Sales, Dennis will take on an expanded role on our senior management team."
From 2004 to 2007 Kooker, who holds and MBA from St. Joseph's University and a BS in Business Administration from Shippensburg University, was senior VP and controller for Sony BMG and prior to that he was senior VP of finance at BMG Entertainment. Kooker served as senior VP of BMG North America from 2003 until 2004 after spending four years at the company's UK & Ireland operations. He began his career in the music industry in 1995.
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