Furst Named Univision CIO

Comes from similar post at NBCUniversal

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/6/2012 3:54:53 PM

Univision has named Christopher Furst to the newly created post of executive VP and chief information officer, based in New York. Furst had been executive VP and CIO at NBCUniversal.

Furst is a former partner with Navint Consulting, heading up its media and entertainment practice.

"Chris is an energetic leader with a passion for technology-driven business results and organizational development," said John Eck, executive VP, technology, operations and engineering at Univision, to whom Furst reports. "He has demonstrated the ability to effectively lead and drive change in a global organization and will be able to apply those talents in his new role at Univision."