As we mentioned last week in our CDO JOBS Update for Chief Data Officers, in 2012, the Harvard Business Review named the Chief Data Scientist as the ‘sexiest job of the 21st Century‘. Just last month, one of the co-authors of that article, D.J. Patil, was named the first-ever Chief Data Scientist of the U.S. This […]
CDO Summit Photo Gallery
Teddy Goff: Digital Director, President Barack Obama’s 2008 & 2012 campaigns
Rachel S. Haot: US CDO of the Year 2014
Michael Doernberg, Brian Lakamp, Eric Garland, Bill Campbell, and Dick Wingate
Riley McDonough (Thomson Reuters) and Vivian Schiller (NBC News)
Michael Smith: President at Forbes.com
Fred Santarpia: Chief Digital Officer at Conde Nast
Ellie Hirschhorn: Chief Digital Officer at Simon & Schuster
Daniel Heaf, Jason Seiken, Albert Cheng, Jason Tafler, and Esmeralda Swartz
Daniel Heaf, Jason Seiken, and Albert Cheng
Margaret Molloy and Mary Ann Pierce
Michael Smith, Fred Santarpia, David Kang, Joe Bilman, and Ellie Hirschhorn
David Kang (Wenner Media) and Joe Bilman (American Media Inc.)
Chief Digital Officers Bernardo Rodriguez, Perry Hewitt, and Sree Sreenivasan
Ana Serrano, Elizabeth Scott, Christine Montgomery, and Tom Hjelm
Participants
Ana Serrano: Chief Digital Officer at Canadian Film Centre
Mayer Danzig, Jonathan Sackett, Josh Golden, and Angela Wei
Jane Barratt: Chief Operating Officer at mcgarrybowen
Daniel Backhaus
Jörg Malang, George Gollub, and Mark Keys
Bill Campbell: SVP, Digital Business at Universal Music Group
Scott Singer (DDG), Perry Hewitt (Harvard University), and David Payne (Gannett)
Margaret Molloy, Christine Montgomery, and Janet Scardino
Harriet Seitler, Katerina Markov, Laxmi Wordham, and Rosemary Maggiore
Jason Seiken (PBS) and Tom Hjelm (New York Public Radio)
David Payne: Senior Vice President and CDO at Gannett Co., Inc.
David Shing: Digital Prophet at AOL
Elizabeth Scott: Chief Media and Digital Officer at Lincoln Center
David Chivers, Chris Hooven, Jonathan Sackett, and David Shing
Participants
David Mathison, Chan Suh, and Jay Rosenzweig
Angela Wei: Managing Director at AGENCY (Milk Studios)
Linda Perry-Lube, Thomas Gensemer, David Richeson, Steve Rubel, and Scott Schneider
Scott Swartz, Jeremy Legg, Mehul Nagrani, and Joe Ruffolo
Cammie Croft, Jay Geneske, and Laxmi Wordham
Eric Hellweg (Harvard Business Review), Perry Hewitt (Harvard University), and Sree Sreenivasan (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Kristen O’Hara, Thomas Gewecke, Dan Suratt, Kristin Frank, and Lisa Hsia
Daniel Heaf, David Payne, Justin Tobin, and Eric Hellweg
Breaking CDO and CAO News:
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Chief Data Officer JOBS Update (Q4 2014)
Did you know that the Harvard Business Review named the data scientist as “the sexiest job of the 21st century,” and that research firm Gartner predicted that 25% of organizations will have a Chief Data Officer by 2017? I can’t comment on the opinion expressed by HBR, but judging by the pipeline of open Chief […]
From Chief Digital Officer to CEO: 6 Tips from HarperCollinsUK CEO Charlie Redmayne
“The reason that I’m the CEO of HarperCollins is that my business is fundamentally challenged by the things that I do,” said Charlie Redmayne, CEO at HarperCollins U.K., at the inaugural U.K. Chief Digital Officer Summit at the BBC in London, England, on October 29, 2014. “All of our businesses are fundamentally challenged by the things […]
Chief Digital Officer JOBS Update (Q4 2014)
Welcome to the inaugural issue of our Chief Digital Officer JOBS Update. The Chief Digital Officer JOBS Update will include the following features: Open CDO and other C-level digital and data positions New CDO appointments for the previous quarter CDO ‘Movers and Shakers’ CDOs ‘In the News’ So without further ado, let’s get to it. What […]
Everything you need to know about Chief Digital Officers and Chief Data Officers in 28 minutes [VIDEO]
David Mathison, founder of the CDO Club and curator of the CDO Summit, summed up the importance of Chief Digital Officers and Chief Data Officers in one tweet: “If you’re lacking a digital transformation strategy, it’s not just your company that’s at risk. Entire industries are at risk,” Mathison said at the inaugural U.K. CDO […]
Four Capabilities Every Chief Digital Officer Must Have to Succeed at Digital Transformation [VIDEO]
After 12 years as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Narry Singh joined Accenture as its Head of Digital Business EALA, heading the firm’s digital strategy practice in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. He serves as an advisor to heavyweights such as Disney, Apple, and Walmart. Singh shared his knowledge in his keynote address, “From Digitally […]
Putting the Customer First, with U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year Mike Bracken
“Digital services and public services are actually becoming inseparable,” said Mike Bracken, the first U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year, at the inaugural U.K. Chief Digital Officer Summit in London, England, on October 29, 2014, presented by Accenture Digital. Formerly the Executive Director of Government Digital Service (GDS), Bracken made headlines at the Summit […]
CDO Club Holds First-Ever U.K. Chief Digital Officer Summit
The CDO Club held the first-ever U.K. Chief Digital Officer Summit in London, England, on October 29, 2014. The Summit, which sold out weeks in advance, was presented by Accenture Digital and hosted by the BBC Worldwide. The U.K. Chief Digital Officer Summit addressed the challenges and opportunities arising from digital, social, and mobile media. […]
EVPs at A+E, Bravo, Time Warner, Viacom, & Warner Bros Share 5 Strategies to Transform Digital Entertainment [VIDEO Part 2]
Some of the most potent architects of change within the digital entertainment industry convened to share strategies designed not simply to survive but to thrive in a world of diverse content creation, consumption, and distribution. The all-star panel titled “The Entertainment Ecosystem” was held at the Chief Digital Officer Summit at Time Warner in New York City […]
5 Powerful Content Strategies from Top Chief Digital Officers & EVPs at A+E, Bravo, Time Warner, Viacom, & Warner Bros [VIDEO Part 1]
“While certainly there’s sweeping change…as much as audiences are changing in how they consume content, what we do know is that they still love content.” So said Kristen O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer at Time Warner Inc., while adroitly moderating a powerful panel peopled by digital all-stars titled “The Entertainment Ecosystem” held at the Chief Digital Officer Summit at […]
Top 10 Customer Engagement Tips from Ad Agency Chief Digital Officers
“Arguably, advertising has always been about content and storytelling. It’s just that that story and its format, which was once a static 15 or print campaign, is actually now part of a larger interactivity ecosystem,” said Angela Wei, Managing Director at Agency (Milk Studios), and moderator at “The Consumer Journey: From Innovation to Activation” panel […]
The Top 10 Ways for Chief Digital Officers to Dominate PR [VIDEO]
Gone are the days when companies could succeed in engaging their audience with the blunt equivalent of a megaphone. Billboards and press releases have become expensive background noise when compared to the numerous, innovative ways a company can deliver its story and content using digital engagement. The CDO Club brought together some of the leading […]
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