NEW YORK, NY August 26, 2013 The summer of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) continues, with high-profile hires at Rachael Ray (Sharon Feder), the Republican National Committee (Chuck DeFeo), and at the RSPCA in Queensland, AU (Christian Bowman). The fall outlook is even brighter, with CDOs in-demand at some of the most spectacular places on earth, from Sydney, Australia to […]
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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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Rachael Ray hires first Chief Digital Officer, former Mashable COO Sharon Feder
NEW YORK, NY August 22, 2013 It continues to be a scorching summer for Chief Digital Officer hires. Over 190 have been hired globally since January 1, 2013. The most recent high-profile addition to the Chief Digital Officer club is Sharon Feder, who is now CDO at Watch Entertainment, the parent company for all brand operations […]
Should Your CIO Be Chief Digital Officer?
CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 2, 2013 (Via Harvard Business Review blog) – The CDO’s job is to turn the digital cacophony into a symphony. It’s OK to experiment with new businesses and tools, but experimentation must be coupled with building scalable, efficient capabilities. The CDO creates a unifying digital vision, energizes the company around digital possibilities, […]
RSPCA Queensland appoints first Chief Digital Officer
BRISBANE, August 1, 2013 (via RSPCA press release) – The RSPCA’s Queensland branch in Brisbane has become the first to appoint a chief digital officer, with the former digital strategy manager at Bond University Christian Bowman joining the team on August 5 […]
Republican National Committee Hires Chuck DeFeo as Chief Digital Officer
NEW YORK, July 30, 2013 (via Politico) – The Republican National Committee has hired Chuck DeFeo to be its chief digital officer, party leaders told POLITICO, the latest move in a sustained post-2012 push to catch up online with Democrats […]
Chief Digital Officer: Hot new tech title or flash in the pan?
NEW YORK, July 29, 2013 (via Computerworld) – There’s a new C-level executive — the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) — in the boardroom, charged with ensuring that companies’ massive stores of digital content are being used effectively to connect with customers and drive revenue growth […]
Chief Digital Officer Summit 2014 Announces Sizzling Summer Savings
The second Chief Digital Officer Summit is officially scheduled for April 24-25, 2014 in New York City. The 2014 CDO summit will be twice as long as 2013 (two full days instead of one), and will feature A-list keynoters, speakers and celebrities. If you act now, you can get a savings discount of $1,000 off […]
London Olympics digital guru, Alex Balfour, takes top Chief Digital Officer role at Engine
NEW YORK, July 18, 2013 (via TheDrum) – Former head of new media for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Alex Balfour has been named as the new chief digital officer at privately –owned communications group […]
Elizabeth Schimel Named President of Condé Nast in China
CHINA, July 16, 2013 (via WWD) – Elizabeth Schimel, currently executive vice president, chief digital officer of Meredith Corp., will become president of Condé Nast in China. Condé Nast International said Tuesday that Schimel will […]
NBC News Digital turns one, Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller looks to future
NEW YORK, July 16, 2013 (via NEWSCASTSTUDIO) – NBC News Digital turned one year old today, the result a $195 million deal where NBC Universal acquired the remaining portion of MSNBC from Microsoft. To mark the occassion, NBC News chief digital officer Vivian Schiller sent out a memo outlining the […]
NYC partners with Cablevision, Time Warner Cable to bring WiFi hotspots to city parks
NEW YORK, July 16, 2013 (via Engadget) – Mayor Bloomberg’s government is often finding ways to keep The Big Apple as connected to the internet as can be. Today, in an effort to bring more connectivity options to its residents (and tourists), the City of New York announced that it’s teaming up with […]
Scripps’ Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson Refuses To Be ‘In the Business of Churn’
NEW YORK, July 15, 2013 (via AdExchanger) – As SVP and chief digital officer for The E.W. Scripps Company, Adam Symson oversees the development of media and advertising products and services in more than 20 markets. His main focus is to enhance the company’s marketing and media product development through […]
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