Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Meet Our New Boss: Kathy Thomson


Since the Tribune Company bought Times Mirror some eleven years ago we have witnessed a constant change in the team that manages the newspaper here in Los Angeles. I still think it’s important knowing who is running the newspaper we work for, so meet our new President and CEO Kathy Thomson.

Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Thomson, but I will meet her very soon and capture a photograph or two of us together.

From the Los Angeles Times:

Kathy Thomson
President and Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Times

Kathy Thomson was named President and Chief Operating Office of the Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) in May 2011. She is responsible for overseeing the company's growing portfolio of products, including all editorial, advertising sales, business services, marketing and operational functions.

Thomson returned to LATMG after serving for the past 18 months as VP, Business Operations at FLO TV Incorporated, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. She was Chief of Staff at The Times from September 2008 to 2009, responsible for coordinating new initiatives, projects and project planning as well as restructuring efforts. She joined LATMG from Energy Innovations where she was the company¿s Chief Operating Officer and after spending 15 years in a variety of positions at DIRECTV, culminating in the role of Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Operations. In that position she oversaw a number of business transformational initiatives to reduce customer churn and increase revenue. She was a member of the senior management team and oversaw a variety of areas during her tenure including sales, revenue growth, marketing, and business operations.

Thomson received her B. S. from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

She resides in Manhattan Beach with her husband and two children.

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