Primary Job Title Executive Vice President of Research & Development Primary Organization 
Reynolds American
Location Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
Website www.reynoldsamerican.com/
Daniel J. Herko is senior vice president of research and development for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Herko joined R.J. Reynolds in 1980 in the manufacturing division. After holding a variety of production positions in manufacturing, he became research and development international brand manager in 1992.
In 2000, he joined Japan Tobacco
International in Geneva, Switzerland, following the sale of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.'s international tobacco business to Japan Tobacco.
In 2002, Herko returned to R.J. Reynolds as director of product development in the company's R&D department. He was promoted to senior director of product development in 2005, and became vice president of reduced risk and applied development in R&D the following year. He assumed his current position in March 2008. He serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc. in Winston-Salem.
A native of Rochester, N.Y., Herko holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from High Point University and a master's degree in business administration from Wake Forest University.
