Fred Santarpia

Fred Santarpia is executive vice president and chief digital officer of Conde Nast. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief digital officer of Conde Nast Entertainment (CNE), a division of Conde Nast that focuses on the development, production, and distribution of original television, feature film and digital video offerings based on the company’s iconic media brands. Under his leadership, CNE launched 14 fully distributed video channels in addition to The Scene, a platform dedicated to creating and curating premium digital video content. Prior to joining CNE, Mr. Santarpia was general manager of VEVO, the Web’s leading music video and entertainment company, recognized for its premium content, product and user experience. He was part of VEVO’s founding leadership team and served as head of all operations responsible for audience development and video syndication, social media and marketing strategy, revenue operations and VEVO’s original content and programming teams. Before VEVO, Mr. Santarpia worked for Universal Music Group, where he held a variety of senior level positions during his tenure (2002-2009) with the company, most recently as vice president, operations and finance at Global Digital Initiatives/elabs. He began his career at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Santarpia is a graduate of Villanova University and holds an MS from Boston University.