A Hearst technology executive who has served as the privately held media company’s Executive Director of Network Architecture and Engineering has been named VP of Information Technology for Hearst Television.
Kenneth Murphy earns the promotion, effective Monday, and sees him report to both Hearst Television President Michael J. Hayes and SVP/Broadcast Engineering & Technology Stefan Hadl.
“Ken has a history of Hearst success and will bring that knowledge with him in this move to Hearst Television,” Hayes said. “His experience in security, systems and integration is additive to our technology strategy today and fortifies it for the future.”
Hadl added, “Ken will be responsible for helping lead all of Hearst Television’s technological initiatives. A primary focus is on IT security; he will also lead the planning, design and implementation of our next-generation IT networking infrastructure to support all operations relative to connectivity, storage, data, and video transport and distribution. And he will help lead our strategic planning and deployment of cloud resources and technology with the objective of making our operations more efficient and nimble.”
Murphy was elevated from network engineer in 2005 to manager of network engineering; associate director, network engineering and director, networking before assuming his most recent role.
