As digital transformation becomes increasingly important, the Chief Digital Officer role is gaining prominence and attention.
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To recognize this important role, cxotalk.com partnered with Little Bird and the CDO Summit to highlight the work of 20 influential Chief Digital Officers.
2. PREFACE
Chief Digital Officers play an important role in helping their organizations evolve business
models, operations, and marketing.
At CXOTalk.com, we believe that recognizing the work of Chief Digital Officers is an important
step in creating awareness and understanding of this role.
We selected the 20 Chief Digital Officers presented here in collaboration with Little Bird, a
marketing platform that identifies influencers. Little Bird uses social network analysis to
determine those influencers most respected by their peers.
In addition to name and company, each Chief Digital Officer is presented with several of their
own influencers. Look at these influencers to get a broader sense of the CDO community.
Thank you to all the Chief Digital Officers presented here and apologies to the many great ones
we have missed.
Michael Krigsman
cxotalk.com
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3. Rachel Haot, State of New York
Sree Sreenivasan, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Perry Hewitt, Harvard University
Adam Brotman, Starbucks
Tanya Cordrey, The Guardian
Sharon Feder, Rachael Ray
Fred Santarpia, Condé Nast
Jeremy Phillips, The Motley Fool
Ganesh Bell, GE Power and Water
Catherine Devine, American Museum of Natural History
20 INFLUENTIAL CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICERS
Daniel Heaf, Burberry
Atif Rafiq, McDonald’s
Mike Germano, VICE
Philip Dwyer, PCH International
Jessie Adcock, City of Vancouver
Sean Cornwell, Travelex
Sami Hassanyeh, AARP
Jay Geneske, Rockefeller Foundation
Paul Shetler, Australia Digital Transformation Office
Lubomira Rochet, L’Oreal
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4. I am a huge admirer of CXOTalk. I continue to be impressed
by its wide range of expert guests and by co-host Michael
Krigsman’s thoughtful, insightful interviews on critical
topics ranging from leadership to innovation.
Given Michael’s extensive network of thought leaders, I
am honored to pen an introduction to his latest work, this
fantastic collection of TwentyInfluentialChiefDigitalOfficers.
Why is this important? According to Capgemini, since 2000,
52% of Fortune 500 companies have gone bankrupt, been
acquired, or ceased to exist.
Digital disruption, at first limited to the music, publishing,
and media sectors, now affects every industry.
Hiring a CDO signals Wall Street that your organization is
takingthethreat–andopportunity–ofdigitaltransformation
seriously.
Michael and Little Bird did a fabulous job of selecting this
diverse, cross-sector group, using social network analysis
to identify CDO influencers most respected by their peers.
INTRODUCTION
No surprise that their top 20 list includes four previous
CDO Club 'CDO of the Year' award winners: Adam Brotman
of Starbucks (2015); Rachel Haot of the City of New York
(2014); and U.K. award-winners Tanya Cordrey of the
Guardian (2015) and Mike Bracken of U.K. Government
Digital Service (2014).
Compiling this list could not have been easy, given that
around the globe there are already more than 1,000 talented
CDOs, and that new CDO hires are doubling every year.
So, I hope that this is the first of many editions.
And, next, I hope Michael creates an edition for influential
Chief DATA Officers!
David Mathison
Founder and CEO
CDO Club / CDO Summit
Twitter: @BeTheMedia
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6. INFLUENCERS
Rachel Haot
State of New York
@rachelhaot
Perry Hewitt
Harvard
@perryhewitt
Shiv Singh
Visa
@shivsingh
Sree Sreenivasan
sree
Chief Digital Officer
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14. INFLUENCERS
Rachel Haot
State of New York
@rachelhaot
Sree Sreenivasan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
@sree
Catherine Devine
cmdevine
Chief Digital Officer
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22. Jay Geneske
jgeneske
Chief Digital Officer
INFLUENCERS
David Chivers
Register Media
@davidchivers
Ken Burbary
Formerly, Lowe Campbell Ewald
@kenburbary
Shiv Singh
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25. Little Bird offers powerful influencer discovery and engagement
tools to help build brand awareness and reach.
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