David Cohen
Chief Data Officer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Cohen is a data-centric technology executive with nearly two decades of experience turning analytics and engineering teams into engines of revenue, efficiency, and product innovation. As a multi-time CDO/CIO and executive leader at companies like Gen, WW (WeightWatchers), Aaptiv, Yieldmo, and Shutterstock, he has built large-scale data platforms (hundreds of billions of events/month), led IPO and SOX efforts, and delivered tens of millions in measurable financial impact. He combines deep hands-on expertise in data infrastructure, BI, and engineering—plus a background in software engineering from the Technion/Colby—with a talent for organizational design that turns analysts into strategic partners. Notably, he has repeatedly modernized architectures (Hadoop-to-relational migrations, containerization, A/B infrastructure) to both cut costs and accelerate product-led experimentation. Based in New York, he blends product, marketing, and data leadership to drive growth and measurable KPIs across consumer and ad-tech businesses.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer ScienceEconomics Math, BA Computer ScienceEconomics Math at Colby College
Github Skills (7)
readable9
eclipse-plugin9
eclipse8
refactoring8
maven8
java7
static-analysis6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
TechnionYP5777/SmartParking
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:85 commits, 71 pushes, 40 comments in 3 months
TechnionYP5777/SmartCity-ParkingManagement
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:53 commits, 50 pushes, 50 comments in 1 month
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