Vertis Communications has named Gerald Sokol Jr. chief financial officer.
Most recently, Sokol served as executive vice president of finance, operations and strategy for the AOL division of Time Warner. He launched the AOL service in 11 international markets and led the IPO of AOL Latin America.
Prior to AOL, Sokol was CEO, president and acting board chairman for NTN Communications, an interactive and Internet game development company. He has also held the position of vice president of finance and treasurer at Tele-Communications, Inc.
Current CFO Barry Kohn, will remain at the company until mid-Feb. 2010 to assist with the transition.