• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, July 20, 2015

R/GA tapped Barry Wacksman as executive vice president, global chief strategy officer. In his new role, Wacksman will assume global responsibility for all 3 of R/GA's strategic functions: Planning, Analytics and Business Transformation, while continuing to lead the global business development team. Based in New York, he'll continue to report to Bob Greenberg, R/GA's founder, CEO and chairman. "I look forward to gaining tremendous synergy by assigning these critical, thought-leading departments and capabilities under Barry, who has a proven track record of pioneering strategy and innovative approaches to connecting brands and consumers," said Greenberg. In addition, Matt Tepper, currently vice president of R/GA's CRM capability, will take on an expanded role as vice president of Analytics and CRM and will report to Wacksman.