Sameer Deen, 37, is senior vice president of Corporate Development for Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. Prior to assuming this role, he was senior vice president of business development for Scripps Networks Digital and vice president of corporate development for the interactive media division of The E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps) since April 2006. Deen is responsible for expanding Scripps Networks Interactive's business through execution on a combination of acquisition, investment, divestiture and strategic joint venture activities. He also focuses on business development and entry strategies for new markets.
Before joining Scripps, Deen was with NBC Universal, where he was director, new media. In his role at NBC Universal, Deen developed new distribution businesses, such as broadband, video on demand, high definition and interactive television, for feature films, broadcast and cable properties.
Prior to NBC Universal, Deen served as a business development associate at GovWorks.com and was an investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers in New York and London.
Deen earned a bachelor's degree in commerce, with distinction, from McGill University in Montreal.
