Who are the most influential online Chief Digital Officers (CDOs)? According to newly released data from the CDO Club and the influence ranking site Klout, two CDOs are tied as number one: Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with Jason Hirschhorn, former CDO at MTV. Both have earned a […]
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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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6/28/24: Congratulations to Doug Fisher, Chief Security & AI Officer at Lenovo!
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6/27/24: Congratulations to Stefan Hoejmose, Group Chief Data and AI Officer at ITV!
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6/25/24: Congratulations to Anthony Manson, Chief Digital Officer at Healio!
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6/24/24: Congratulations to Alain Biem, Chief Data Science Officer at New York Life!
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6/19/24: Congratulations to Lisa Rosenmerkel, Chief Data Officer at Department of Veterans Affairs!
Read all about it: Lisa Rosenmerkel Sworn in as Chief Data Officer at Department of Veterans Affairs
Advertising Agency Chief Digital Officers Guiding Clients to a Digital Future (VIDEO)
A full 40% of all the Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) identified in the 2013 CDO Talent Map work in the advertising industry—more than any other sector. Why are CDOs so highly represented there? The answer to that intriguing question—and many others—was provided by four panelists from the advertising industry at the 2013 CDO Summit panel […]
Nonprofit Chief Digital Officers Finding New Ways to Engage with a Digitally Empowered Public (VIDEO)
Elizabeth Scott, Chief Media and Digital Officer at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, says that arts organizations must no longer relate to its patrons as passive “passengers,” but rather as engaged participants. Entertainment audiences today have far more agency than in the past: They are empowered, active, spontaneous, and influenced by online peers. […]
“Harvard Quality with BuzzFeed Agility” – Chief Digital Officers Explore Digital Disruption in Education (VIDEO)
“No other piece of technology has swept through academia and caused as much hype, consternation, and panic in such a short period.” The technology in question relates to MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses. And that pronouncement was made by Sree Sreenivasan, former Chief Digital Officer at Columbia University (and now Chief Digital Officer at […]
CDO Talent Map Answers the Question: “Who are the Chief Digital Officers?” (VIDEO)
Chief Digital Officers are well represented in the advertising, media, and publishing industries. You probably already knew that. But did you realize they are also found in sectors like apparel, sports, retail, beverages, and even in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceutical, medical, insurance, and banking? That’s just one of the many revealing findings from […]
“PBS quality with a YouTube sensibility” – Broadcasting Chief Digital Officers share digital strategies (VIDEO)
“We want our digital studio to produce PBS quality—with a YouTube sensibility.” That’s the goal of Jason Seiken, founder of PBS Digital Studios and one of the digital broadcasting executives attending the first Chief Digital Officer (CDO) Summit held at Thomson Reuters world headquarters at 3 Times Square in New York City in February 2013. […]
Chief Digital Officers Share Digital Publishing Strategies at 2013 CDO Summit (VIDEO)
Just as music lovers are fans of performers and not of their music label, readers are fans of authors, not of their publisher. That point—that the author is the brand or the star—was expressed by Ellie Hirschhorn, Chief Digital Officer of Simon & Schuster, and one of the digital executives on the publishing panel at […]
The Path From CIO To Chief Digital Officer: How To Make It Happen
The articles, reports, and heated conversations are all over the Web: Should CIOs become Chief Digital Officers (CDOs)? Is the CDO replacing the CIO (Chief Information Officer)? Are CIOs willing – let alone prepared – to become CDOs? The fact is, many high-profile CIOs have already become CDOs, such as: Stephen Gillett: Moved from CIO […]
Vivian Schiller, Twitter’s new Head of News, opens inaugural Chief Digital Officer Summit (VIDEO)
Vivian Schiller, former Chief Digital Officer for NBC News, and Twitter’s new Head of News and Journalism Partnerships, opened the inaugural Chief Digital Officer Summit with a fireside chat with Riley McDonough, former SVP & GM of Consumer Publishing at Thomson Reuters. Ms. Schiller will leave NBC and join Twitter in January. According to the […]
New Chief Digital Officers hired at McDonald’s, IDG, Axa, Vancouver, more
The hiring of Chief Digital Officers continues apace, with new hires over the last 30 days at McDonald’s, IDG Communications, Axa Insurance, the City of Vancouver, and more. These new positions underscore the importance of Chief Digital Officers across all industries – not just advertising, media, and publishing – but also in sectors typically slow to adopt new […]
McKinsey: 30% have a Chief Digital Officer on their executive team
NEW YORK, NY September 12, 2013: McKinsey & Company’s annual global survey, Bullish on Digital, concludes that Chief Digital Officers are already playing critical roles in the C-suites of major global organizations: Thirty percent of respondents also report a chief digital officer (CDO) on their companies’ executive teams, a sign of the widespread awareness that […]
Are you looking to hire – or become – a Chief Digital Officer?
NEW YORK, NY September 3, 2013: Today, Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Arthur posted an article on Forbes.com entitled, “Why You Should Consider Hiring A Chief Digital Officer, And Why Now,” that explained why this position is so critical for many organizations right now: CDOs are digital-savvy, business-driven leaders who have what it takes to transform […]
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