Career
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Cloudflare TV: The CTO Show
Rajiv Pant's interview on Cloudflare TV's The CTO Show with Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming about the CTO role across different companies.
My new job at Hearst
Rajiv Pant joins Hearst as General Manager of Technology Platforms and Chief Technology and Product Officer of Hearst Magazines and CDS Global.
Cloudflare TV: Builders and Innovators: Interview
Rajiv Pant's interview on Cloudflare TV's Builders and Innovators segment with Cloudflare's President of Field Operations Chris Merritt.
From Operating Executive to Advisor: What I Learned at McKinsey
What working as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company in the pandemic year taught me about influence without authority, the craft of an engagement, and the mus
My New Job at News Corp (Parent Company of The Wall Street Journal)
Rajiv Pant's promotion from Wall Street Journal CTO to Deputy Chief Technology Officer at News Corp, with announcements from WSJ and Dow Jones leadership.
My next chapter
Rajiv Pant announces his move from Thrive Global to The Wall Street Journal as its first Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Why I Joined Thrive Global
Rajiv Pant explains his path from The New York Times CTO to joining Thrive Global as CTO, drawn by Arianna Huffington's science-based well-being mission.
Fastly’s Altitude Summit
Rajiv Pant spoke at Fastly's Altitude 2016 Summit about a CTO's role in building stakeholder buy-in for infrastructure engineering projects.
Womensphere Summit 2016
At the Womensphere Summit 2016 in New York City, Rajiv spoke on Supporting and Championing Women in Tech Leadership. (March 6, 2016)
Womensphere Summit 2014 – NYC
Rajiv Pant spoke on women in tech leadership at the 2014 Womensphere Summit in New York City, alongside Womensphere CEO Analisa Balares.
Why I left being CTO of The New York Times, joined a startup, and am pledging 20% of my equity to charity
Rajiv Pant explains leaving his CTO role at The New York Times to join startup Some Spider and pledging 20% of his equity to Doctors Without Borders.
A career is like a garden (farewell memo to nytimes colleagues)
Rajiv Pant's farewell memo to colleagues at The New York Times, reflecting on four years as CTO and the transition to a startup.
Womensphere Summit 2015
At the 2015 Womensphere Summit in New York City – Rajiv spoke on Advancing Women's Leadership & Innovation. (February 25th, 2015)
Smithsonian Digitization Fair – Keynote Speaker
As keynote speaker, Rajiv opened this conference with a talk about digital strategy and innovation at the NYT. (October 29, 2014)
IESE Business School Executive Education Course
Rajiv Pant spoke on leadership, management, and organizational dynamics in technology at IESE Business School's Executive Education program in October 2014.
AppSec USA: Security & Journalism Panel
Rajiv Pant spoke at AppSec USA 2014 on how cybersecurity issues affect newsrooms and best practices for protecting journalism infrastructure.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014
Rajiv Pant spoke at the 2014 World Economic Forum Summer Davos in Tianjin on reinventing media, cyber resilience, and cognitive science in leadership.
Landmark CIO Summit 2014
Rajiv Pant spoke at the Landmark CTO Summit 2014 alongside CTOs from Estee Lauder and Time Inc. on unexpected things CTOs do to succeed.
Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business – Guest Speaker on Organizational Behavior
Rajiv Pant spoke on organizational behavior to MBA students at Stanford Graduate School of Business at the invitation of Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer.
Digital Diversity Network Cloud Gathering Conference
Rajiv Pant spoke on making diversity a mission for all employees at the 2nd Annual DDN Cloud Gathering Conference at The New York Times in October 2013.
QCon New York
Rajiv Pant delivered a keynote at QCon New York on technology innovation at The New York Times alongside Marc Frons in June 2013.
Columbia University’s Journalism School’s Spring Journalism and Technology Breakfast Event
Rajiv Pant spoke on cybersecurity in the newsroom at Columbia University's Journalism School alongside RSA Security CTO Sam Curry, hosted by the AP.
Genwi Conference on The Future of Content and Monetization
Rajiv was a speaker at Genwi's conference on The Future of Content and Monetization in New York. (September 27, 2012)
Four Years at Condé Nast and Reddit: Building Digital Products for Iconic Brands
Reflections on four years at Condé Nast, leading digital technology for Wired, Vogue, The New Yorker, Reddit, and dozens of other properties.
Online Publishers Association (OPA) Technology Conference
Rajiv co-presented on HTML5 with the New York Times Digital CTO at the Online Publishers Association technology conference.
Akamai and Brightcove Online Video Technology and Strategy Seminar
Rajiv spoke about online video technology and strategy at a seminar hosted by Akamai and Brightcove alongside Brightcove CTO Bob Mason.
Bavarian International School in Germany
Rajiv gave a lecture on Cloud Computing & Social Networks at the Bavarian International School in Germany. (February 5, 2010)
Amazon.com’s AWS Event
Rajiv presented on cloud computing at Amazon's AWS event in NYC alongside Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com.
Video Technology: Eye on the Future hosted by The Center for Communication
Rajiv spoke about video technology and the role of CTOs at The Center for Communication seminar on Video Technology: Eye on the Future.
American City Business Journals’ Digital Fast Forward Conference
Rajiv spoke about digital technology and organization in media and publishing at American City Business Journals' Digital Fast Forward conference.
Moving to New York City
Announcing a move to New York City for a new role as VP of Technology at a publishing company after three years as CTO at Cox in Atlanta.
On Being Named to the NAA "20 Under 40" List
Reflections on being named to the Newspaper Association of America's '20 Under 40' list, the team behind the work, and what newspaper-industry technology leader
Congratulatory letter from Cox on being featured in the 2005 Annual Report
A congratulatory letter from Cox Enterprises for being featured in their 2005 Annual Report as Chief Technology Officer at COXnet.
Moving to Atlanta
Moving to Atlanta to become Chief Technology Officer at COXnet, part of Cox Newspapers, while handing over Effectuation to new management.
New Company, Effectuation
Founded Effectuation, a product development and consulting company focused on CRM, ERP, media/publishing, and open source.
Eight Years at Knight Ridder: Building the Digital Newsroom
Reflections on nearly eight years at Knight Ridder, from solving publishing problems at 20 to VP Engineering leading Cofax development for 31 newspapers.
Medill School of Journalism and the Computer Science Department at Northwestern University
Invited by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and Computer Science Department to lecture on new media and technology.
Newspaper Association of America (NAA)’s Conferences
Speaking on CTO panels at the Newspaper Association of America's NEXPO 2002 and 2003 conferences on technology and business in news media.
Speaking at NAA NEXPO
Reflections on presenting at the Newspaper Association of America's NEXPO conference about web publishing technology.
When the Bubble Burst: Lessons From Surviving the Dot-Com Crash
What the dot-com crash looked like from inside a newspaper company that had revenue but watched the surrounding industry collapse, and what survives when the wa
Winning the Team Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Cofax
The Cofax team won the Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Technology Innovation, recognizing the system serving 20 newspapers.
Moving to San Jose and Becoming a VP at 26
Reflections on moving from Philadelphia to San Jose to become VP of Engineering at Knight Ridder Digital at age 26.
Winning the Knight Ridder Excellence Award
Receiving the Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Technology Innovation at 24, and reflecting on the work and people that led to it.