Ben Cotton

Ben Cotton is currently the Head of Subscription Growth at The New York Times. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company from October 2011 to June 2014, with a focus on the media industry. Some of their project work includes designing surveys to identify areas for improvement as part of diagnostic of ad sales organizations, analyzing thousands of news stories across publications to identify overlap, directing functional teams through a war gaming exercise to test readiness for integration as part of a merger, and building models to test sensitivity of banks to new regulations.

Before McKinsey & Company, Ben interned at the Pawtucket Red Sox from May 2010 to September 2010 as a Media Relations Intern, where they wrote nightly game stories for the team website and regular features for the team magazine. Ben also worked on multimedia projects to grow the team's online presence. From December 2009 to December 2010, they were the Editor in Chief at Columbia Daily Spectator. From May 2008 to August 2009, they interned at the Boston Red Sox as a Publications & Archives Intern. Finally, from June 2006 to August 2007, they interned at 890 ESPN Boston as a Production Intern.

Ben Cotton studied history at Columbia University, where they earned their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree.

Ben Cotton reports to Brian Hamman, SVP, Product Engineering. Ben Cotton works with Matt Digan - Executive Director, Data Engineering, Allison McHenry - Executive Director of Engineering, Standalone Products Group, and Crystal Chien - Executive Director.