Alan Cohen Previously as CEO of OMD USA, Alan developed fresh perspectives on strategy, analytics, digital and innovation. He held the distinction as the longest serving CEO of a U.S. media agency, presiding for five and a half years. He launched many new service offerings at OMD including the industry-lauded Ignition Factory (creative media),. Airwave (mobile), OMD Word (social), and the Content Collective. He is touted with having created the most robust suite of specialty offerings available at any advertising agency in the world. During his tenure, OMD had five years of record-breaking growth, winning over 30 new accounts and adding almost 500 employees.. Alan and his teams were widely recognized for their accomplishments winning agency of the year six times in five years from the two leading advertising publications. He also has been named Media Maven and Media All Star and one of the top 10 media executives in the Mediaweek 50 in 2010. He won many awards at NBC and ABC including an Emmy for his work on a social anti-drug campaign.. Alan is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
