Jeffrey Gerttula is Executive Vice President of Digital for CBS Sports, News, Stations and Entertainment, overseeing all digital properties. Gerttula leads the media business, product, design and engineering for CBS News, Stations and Entertainment, and all of CBS Sports’ digital properties, which include CBS Sports HQ, CBS Sports Golazo Network, CBSSports.com, CBS Sports mobile and TV apps, CBS Sports Fantasy, SportsLine, 247Sports, MaxPreps, ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com. He oversees all aspects of these properties including live and on-demand video programming, editorial content, product, technology and design across all digital platforms. In conjunction with CBS Sports, Gerttula also leads the acquisition and strategy for exclusive live sports rights in the Paramount+ streaming service and supports sports content streaming on Pluto TV.
Under Gerttula’s leadership, CBS Sports Digital has grown to reach more than 90 million monthly active users, making it the second-largest sports group in the U.S. He also managed CBS Sports’ record-setting live streams of Super Bowl Super Bowl LVIII, Super Bowl LIII, Super Bowl 50 and Super Bowl XLVII on CBS Sports digital platforms and Paramount+.
During Gerttula’s tenure, CBS Sports and Paramount+ have become the leading destination for men’s and women’s soccer fans in the U.S., featuring more than 2,500 live matches each year across an extensive portfolio of soccer properties, including UEFA club competitions, NWSL, Concacaf Men’s World Cup Qualifiers, Liga Profesional de Fútbol and Serie A. Gerttula helped CBS Sports secure a deal with UEFA to be the English-language home in the U.S. of the UEFA Champions League – the world’s most prestigious club soccer tournament – UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League beginning in 2020 through 2030.
Gerttula holds a BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
