Tom Cox is senior vice president and chief growth officer for TEGNA responsible for all corporate M&A and business development, station affiliation partnerships, multichannel distribution and Premion’s connected TV advertising business.
An insightful strategist, pioneering dealmaker, and adroit operator, Cox has more than twenty years of experience leading operations, strategy, and business development teams focused on companies at the intersection of media and technology. He’s lead cross-functional teams at TEGNA since joining the company in 2011, including as president of Premion. Cox serves on the CBS Television Affiliates Association Board of Directors.
Previously, Cox served as senior vice president for FOX Digital where he was responsible for directing all partnership activities, launching new revenue-producing products and distribution initiatives, as well as leading numerous operations-related functions.
Cox co-founded Stratique Partners, an executive-level consulting firm specializing in developing creative strategies, identifying and negotiating transformative partnerships, and launching new products and business lines for a wide array of clients from first-time entrepreneurs to blue-chip companies.
Earlier in his career, Cox spent almost eight years in a variety of executive roles at AOL in the business affairs, strategy, and corporate development departments. He began his career in the investment banking and interactive divisions at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey.
Cox is a graduate of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. and holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. He resides in Potomac, Maryland with his wife and two sons.