What Happened?
New York, NY-based CBS Corporation has promoted Anthony G. Ambrosio to Chief Human Resources Officer.
About the Company
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. The Company has businesses with origins that date back to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well as new ventures that operate on the leading edge of media. CBS owns the most-watched television network in the U.S. and one of the world`s largest libraries of entertainment content, making its brand – “the Eye” – one of the most recognized in business. The Company`s operations span virtually every field of media and entertainment, including cable, publishing, radio, local TV, film, outdoor advertising, and interactive and socially responsible media. CBS`s businesses include CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, Smithsonian Networks, TVGN (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lionsgate), Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group, CBS Interactive, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Films and CBS EcoMedia.
About the Person
Anthony Ambrosio serves as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for CBS Corporation. He manages all Human Resources functions for the company; directs administrative areas, including real estate, facilities management, security and other corporate services; and oversees labor relations functions. Ambrosio joined CBS in March 1985 in Recruitment and Placement, and held increasingly senior Human Resources positions in Compensation, Policy, HRIS and Benefits functions. Prior to the merger of CBS Corporation with Viacom in May 2000, he served as Vice President, Human Resources, CBS Corporation. After the merger, Ambrosio was named Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for CBS, Infinity Broadcasting and Viacom Outdoor. Following both the CBS/Westinghouse merger in 1995 and the CBS/Viacom merger in 2000, Ambrosio played a key role in the efforts to integrate people, benefits programs, policies and compensation plans, as well as evaluating and implementing the many dozens of acquisitions, swaps and divestitures made in the years following the Westinghouse merger. He has also led the design, implementation and communication effort behind a number of innovative benefit program changes that have been emulated by other companies over the years. Ambrosio is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Political Science, 1982) and the New York University Stern School of Business (Masters of Business Administration, 1991) and is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1993) and a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) (American Compensation Association, 1993). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Benefits Council. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Spring Lake, N.J.
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