Hall of Fame
Celebrating CDOs who have ascended to CEO positions and Board Director roles. These executives prove that Chief Data and Digital Officer roles are powerful stepping stones to the highest levels of leadership.
101+
CDOs → CEO/President
50+
CDOs → Board Directors
2011-2025
Years Tracked
Chief Digital Officers
Ascended to CEO/President
Chief Digital Officers who successfully transitioned to chief executive roles
2023
Hillary Hartley
Former Chief Digital and Data Officer, Ontario
CEO at U.S. Digital Response
2022
Vaibhav Joshi
Former CDO at Equitas Small Finance Bank
CEO at Easy Pay
Taro Shimada
Former CDO at Toshiba
CEO at Toshiba
Barbara Martin Coppola
Former CDO at Ikea
CEO at Decathlon
2021
Bertrand Bodson
Former CDO at Novartis
CEO at Keywords Studios
Xinxin Liu
Former CDO
President of Huazhu Group
Allison Beer
Former Head of Digital
CEO of Card Services at JPMorgan Chase
2020
Adam Sussman
Former CDO at Nike
President of Epic Games
Charlie Cole
Former CDO at Tumi + Samsonite
CEO of FTD
Hironori Kamezawa
Former CDTO
CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ
2019
Luis Vicente
Former CDIO at FIFA
Group CEO at ELEVEN SPORTS
Jason Goldberger
Former CDO at Target
CEO of Sur La Table
Atif Rafiq
Former CDO at Volvo
President of Commercial & Growth at MGM Resorts
Chief Digital Officers
Board Director Appointments
Chief Digital Officers appointed to corporate boards and non-executive director roles
2022
Inderpal Bhandari
IBM Global CDO
Walgreens Boots Alliance Board
Constantin H. Beier
Aon plc CDO
WP Carey Inc Board
2021
Jacky Wright
Microsoft US CDO
Exelixis Board
Lockie Andrews
Party City
Regis Corporation Board
2020
Adriana Karaboutis
National Grid
Aspen Technology Board
Carrie Tharp
Former Neiman Marcus CDO
Vera Bradley Board
Sheila Jordan
Honeywell
Slack Technologies Board
2019
Adam Sussman
Nike CDO
AMC Entertainment Board
Andreas Oliver Eggimann
MCH Group CDO
MCH Group Board
Chief Data Officers
Ascended to CEO/President
Chief Data Officers who successfully transitioned to chief executive roles
2023
Michael Kollo
Former Chief Data & Analytics Officer
CEO at Evolved AI
2022
Dan Sommer
Former Chief Data Officer
CEO at Datasembly
2020
Todd Belveal
Former Chief Data Officer
President at Infogroup
2019
Scott Brave
Former Chief Data Officer
CEO at Brave Software
2013
Jonathan Lu
Former Chief Data Officer
CEO at Alibaba
Chief Data Officers
Board Director Appointments
Chief Data Officers appointed to corporate boards and advisory positions
2022
Anthony Scriffignano
Dun & Bradstreet Chief Data Scientist
Multiple Public Company Boards
2021
Asif Dhar
Former State Street Global CDO
Clarivate Board
2020
Cathy Bessant
Bank of America Chief Operations & Technology Officer
Disney Board
2019
Bill Schmarzo
Dell EMC Chief Data Officer
Multiple Advisory Boards
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