CIO hired BRIAN CARLSON as editorial director/editor in chief of CIO.com.
Cactus promoted JEFF STRAHL to associate creative director.
Hearst Magazines Digital Media hired CHRIS CARTER as national sales director; promoted ROSE MILLS to Midwest director of Hearst Magazines Digital Media; and DAVE WOODRUFF, group advertising director in Detroit for Hearst Integrated Media, will add sales responsibility for Digital Media to his role.
BROOKE KARZEN was named senior vice president, alternative programming, at Warner Horizon Television.
JONATHAN KUDURUDZ joined Structural Graphics as vice president, business development.
DAVID SHULMAN joined imc² as managing director to lead the New York office. He joins the company from Digitas Detroit, where he served as managing director.
90octane hired KERRY HOUCHIN as marketing coordinator.
TINA LIAO was named media director of Freestyle Interactive. She will be leading a fully integrated team of digital strategists on their flagship account, Electronic Arts.
e-Miles named JOSH DAVIDSON as director of sales, western region. Most recently, Davidson was director of sales at Adify.
Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications tapped ROBIN SCHWARTZ as president for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Schwartz is currently president of Regency Television in Los Angeles.
KIRBY THORNTON joined Empower MediaMarketing as a director in the agency's Knowledge, Information and Invention research division. Thornton most recently served as director of market assessment for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
SmithGifford named SUSAN KEARNEY to the newly created post of executive vice president. Most recently, Kearney was vice president of marketing at Voxant.
ICON International promoted ANTHONY MEOLA to junior media buyer.
Brunner elevated named SCOTT MORGAN, MARY KAY MODAFFARI, and PETRA ARBUTINA to partners at the agency.