Erik Kokkonen

Current

• Vice President at CBS Interactive
• Advisor at 33Across
• Vice President at CNET Networks

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Past

• Production Manager at Ziff Davis Interactive

Education

• Boston College

Recommended

2 people have recommended Erik

Connections

133 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Erik Kokkonen’s Summary

Proven leader with more than a decade of experience in Online Media and Ecommerce businesses.

Erik Kokkonen’s Specialties:

Product Management, Product Development, Business Development, General Management, Audience Development/Online Circulation, Email Marketing, Database Marketing, Word Of Mouth Marketing, Social Network Analysis, Web Analytics.

Erik Kokkonen’s Experience

• Vice President

  CBS Interactive

  (Internet industry)

  June 2008 — Present (4 months)

• Advisor

  33Across

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2008 — Present (7 months)

  Member of the Board of Advisors.

• Vice President

  CNET Networks

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

  May 1996 — Present (12 years 5 months)

  General Management, Product Management, Product Development, Business Development, Audience Development.

• Production Manager

  Ziff Davis Interactive

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

Erik Kokkonen’s Education

• Boston College

  BA, English, 1989 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa Society, Golden Key International Honour Society, Order of the Cross and Crown, Editor of campus literary magazine, Captain of varsity fencing team

Additional Information

Erik Kokkonen’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Erik Kokkonen’s Interests:

User-Generated Media, New Technology, New Media

Erik Kokkonen’s Groups:

IAB Email Committee, OPA Mobile Task Force, Word of Mouth Marketing Association, Mobile Marketing Association, Commonwealth Club, Slow Food

•    Internet Strategy Forum
•    PC Forum 2006
•    Catalyze Community
•    IEM 2.0 - Intelligent Email Marketing

Erik Kokkonen’s Honors:

Patent: Kokkonen, Erik D.; Dreilinger, Daniel E.; Dreilinger, Sean; Coleman, Gregory L.; Martel, Amy E. Apparatus and method for delivering information over a network. CNET Networks, Inc. assignee. Patent 7,016,892. 21 Mar, 2006.

Forbes "Best of the Web": CNET Search/Search.com 2001-2003.
Forbes "Best of the Web": CNET Shopper/Shopper.com 2000.

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