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Aug 23

The Rise And Rise Of The Chief Data Officer

August 23, 2017: By Sindhuja Balaji: “If you’d asked a corporate employee a decade ago about hiring a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for his company’s success, he would have laughed it off. Today, a CDO is one of the most significant drivers of growth in companies, especially the incumbent ones. In an exclusi. . . "
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Aug 04

Chief Digital Officer Spreading In Japan To Leaders Of Digital Change

August 4, 2017: By Nihon Keizai Shimbun: “The Chief Digital Officer (CDO), the leader responsible for in-house digital strategy, has expanded into Japan. The US-based CDO Club, founded in 2011, was established in Japan in May 2017, led by Mr. Jun Kamo. . . "
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Aug 01

Qualifications For Chief Digital Officers In Japan

August 1, 2017: By Akutsu Yoshikazu for TechRepublic: “At an event centered on “Chief Digital Officers” (CDO), the inaugural Japan CDO Summit included a panel populated by CDOs to discuss the digitization of enterprises, and the talent required to enact changes. . . "
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Aug 01

Inderpal Bhandari Earns CDO Of The Year Honors

August 1, 2017: By Bob Violino for Information Management: “The role of the chief data officer has evolved from its beginnings as the person in charge of the data warehouse to a C-level executive responsible for driving enterprise transformation. Leading this effort at IBM is the company’s first global CDO,. . . "
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Jul 31

One On One With The CDO Of The Year

July 31, 2017: By Alex Woodie for Datanami: “What does it mean to be a chief data officer in 2017? We asked Dr. Inderpal Bhandari, who was just named the United States CDO of the Year last week by the CDO Club, for insight into the job. . . "
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Press Releases

Oct 29

Government Digital Service’s Executive Director Mike Bracken Named First U.K. Chief Digital Officer Of The Year 2014 By CDO Club

NEW YORK and LONDON, Oct 29, 2014: The Award was presented by CDO Club founder David Mathison, who remarked: “Mike is an inspiration to all digital leaders tasked with transformation, regardless of sector. The work by his team at GDS provides a case study for the rest of the world on how to transf. . . "
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Oct 24

Inaugural Chief Digital Officer Summit Arrives In The UK

LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct 24, 2014: By 2015, 25% of all organizations will have a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) according to a forecast by IT research and advisory firm Gartner. Designed to educate organizations about how to embrace the digital journey and better understand how to increase competencies. . . "
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May 12

Number Of Chief Digital Officers Doubled In 2013; Seven CDOs Became CEO And Four CDOs Became Board Directors, According To The CDO Club

NEW YORK and OXFORD England, May 12, 2014: According to new data from the CDO Club, the number of Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) doubled from 2012 to nearly 500 in 2013, continuing a trend of doubling each year. The CDO Club conservatively forecasts that the number of global CDOs will double again in. . . "
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May 06

New York State’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel S. Haot Named Chief Digital Officer Of The Year 2014 By CDO Club

NEW YORK, May 6, 2014: Rachel S. Haot, Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Secretary for Technology at the State of New York, was named the 2014 Chief Digital Officer of the Year by the CDO Club. The award was given to Haot after her keynote presentation, “Improving Government and Public Engagement t. . . "
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Apr 14

Ken Kragen To Be Featured Speaker At 2014 Chief Digital Officer Summit

NEW YORK, April 14, 2014: Ken Kragen, renowned for his unique and creative endeavors that have far transcended the music and entertainment industries in which he has had many incredibly successful years, will discuss “Accomplishing the Impossible” as the featured speaker on April 22 at the 2014 . . . "
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Photo and Video Summary

Welcome
Riley McDonough: Thomson Reuters
Morning Keynote: Vivian Schiller
Morning Keynote: Vivian Schiller
Chief Digital Officer Talent Map 2013
David Mathison: Chief Digital Officer Summit
Chief Digital Officer Talent Map 2013
Participant
Publishing Panel
Joe Bilman and Ellie Hirschhorn
Fred Santarpia: Conde Nast Entertainment
David Kang and Joe Bilman
David Kang: Wenner Media
Michael Smith: Forbes.com and Forbes Media
Participants
Broadcasting Panel
Daniel Heaf: BBC Worldwide
Broadcasting Panel
Albert Cheng and Jason Tafler
Albert Cheng and Jason Tafler
Broadcasting Panel
Broadcasting Panel
Participants
Education Panel
Sree Sreenivasan: MET Museum
Sree Sreenivasan: MET Museum
Perry Hewitt: Harvard University
Perry Hewitt and Bernardo Rodriguez
Bernardo Rodriguez: Kaplan Test Prep
Education Panel
Participants
NonProfit Panel
Elizabeth Scott: Lincoln Center
Elizabeth Scott and Christine Montgomery
Christine Montgomery and Tom Hjelm
Tom Hjelm: New York Public Radio
NonProfit Panel
Ana Serrano: Canadian Film Centre
Participants
Advertising Panel
Jane Barratt: mcgarrybowen
Mayer Danzig: Kantar Retail
Jonathan Sackett: Oglivy & Mather
Advertising Panel
Josh Golden and Angela Wei
Advertising Panel
Jane Barratt: mcgarrybowen
Advertising Panel
Participants
Music Panel
Dick Wingate: DEV Advisors
Music Panel
Eric Garland and Bill Campbell
Eric Garland: LiveNation.com
Brian Lakamp: Clear Channel
Music Panel
Michael Doernberg: ReverbNation
Music Panel
Participants
Entertainment Panel
Rosemary Maggiore: Rachael Ray Digital
Laxmi Wordham: Michael J Fox Foundation
Katerina Markov and Laxmi Wordham
Katerina Markov: Atom Factory
Katerina Markov: Atom Factory
Harriet Seitler: Harpo Studios
Harriet Seitler: Harpo Studios
Entertainment Panel
Participants
Evening Keynote: David Payne
Riley McDonough and David Payne
Evening Keynote: David Payne
Riley McDonough and David Payne
Riley McDonough and David Payne
Gary Lucas "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero”
Gary Lucas "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero”
Gary Lucas "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero”
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
Closing

Video Highlights

Video Highlights

Video London 2015

Video Highlight Amsterdam 2015

Video Highlight Amsterdam 2015

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David Mathison Bio and Head Shots

David Mathison is the CEO and founder of the CAIO Summit, CDO Club, and CDO/CDAO Summits.

Mathison is the world’s leading authority on Chief AI Officers, Chief Data and Analytics Officers, and Chief Digital Officers.

In 2023 he delivered the world’s first-ever Chief AI Officer Summit. In 2013 he produced the world’s first Chief Digital Officer Summit and published the first CDO Talent Map.

He has been quoted by American Banker, Axios, CIO.com, CIO Journal, CIO-UK, CMS Wire, CNBC, Computer Weekly, Computerworld, Deloitte, Diginomica, Dow Jones MarketWatch, EdTech Magazine, eMarketer, FedTech Magazine, FierceCIO, Financial Times, Forbes, GovCIO, Guardian, Huffington Post, HR Executive, I-CIO, LinkedIn News, McKinsey & Company, Media Post, MIT Sloan Management Review, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, and ZDNet, among others.

He was previously founder and Managing Director of the Digital Media practice at Chadick Ellig, a premiere executive search consultancy named by Business Week as “one of the world’s most influential headhunters”.

Mathison’s book, BE THE MEDIA, was featured by the AP in the NY Times after he pre-sold over 5,000 copies in 11 days via his web site, Twitter, and Facebook.

He has given keynote presentations everywhere from Columbia University to the United Nations (3 times in 2010), from Austin, TX (SXSW) and Amsterdam, Holland to Zagreb, Croatia.

From 1999-2001 he was founder and CEO of the Kinecta Corporation where he raised $30 million in under 2 years. Kinecta was acquired and is now part of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL).

From 1994-1999 Mathison was Vice President with Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest news agency, where he pioneered online content syndication.

Mathison earned his Masters degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 1995.

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