Douglas Palmer

About Douglas Palmer

Named to Campaign US\' 2017 Digital 40 Over 40 Lifetime Achievement list: http://bit.ly/D40o40 Adroit and inventive Creative Technologist, Inventor, and Hacker with over twenty years of experience creating highly-successful digital ecosystems and cross-platform digital marketing initiatives, leading groundbreaking iterative digital product development, and consistently pushing boundaries & urging innovation.Lead development, technology, technical strategy, digital marketing strategy, and cross-discipline groups to create, invent, and evolve products, services, categories, and business models to solve consumer and client business problems in new, innovative ways. Research and thought-lead strategic thinking and research & development on the latest ecosystems, platforms, devices, technologies and players that can help evolve and achieve clients\' digital and non-digital business goals. Strong technical, engineering, strategy and user experience background with hands on experience from design & development through deployment & scaling.Proven experience in managing digital & technology teams, through a servant-leadership model, within a large advertising agency, while balancing the needs of strategy, creativity and execution to create personalized, consumer-centric experiences across digital properties and mobile apps that help brands surprise and delight consumers through extreme added value and real-world utility.

Experience

1. Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

   Motormindz

   Jun 2019 — Present

   motormindz is the industry’s premier automotive consultancy serving OEMs, technology providers, mobility, and automotive retail. We’ve brought together the largest network of C-Suite automotive and technology subject-matter experts ever assembled into a model that delivers on unique operational leverage to transform new and emerging technologies into proven solutions. We advise and invest to accelerate companies of all sizes, enabling new ecosystems that capitalize on the opportunities brought on by the evolving automotive consumer. Our real-world experience, proprietary access, and expertise uniquely enable us to help our clients learn what they need to know, rather than repackage what they already know. Our experts know the business, do the work, and own the results.

Education

• Kalamazoo College

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (transfer out), Computer Science, Psychology

  1991 — 1993

• Western Michigan University

  Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology

  1993 — 1996

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  MIT CSAIL - AI: Implications for Business Strategy, Artificial Intelligence

  2017 — 2017

Skills

• Program Management
• Mobile Strategy
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Mongodb
• Brand Architecture
• Mobile Phone Software
• Leadership
• Interactive Marketing
• Digital Media
• Interactive Creative Direction
• Software Design
• Cms
• Arduino
• Offshore Resource Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Information Architecture
• Web Development
• Analytics
• Software Development
• Business Strategy
• Web Design
• Product Development
• Mobile Applications
• Data Science
• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• Advertising
• Mobile Devices
• Social Media Integration
• Strategy
• Agile Web Development
• User Experience
• Enterprise Software
• Digital Production
• Digital Marketing
• Mobile Marketing
• Experience Design
• Creative Technology
• Digital Strategy