DREW IANNI

Founder, CDX

 

Drew is a thirty-year digital business executive, market-maker and ecosystem builder. His journey includes C-level agency and research analyst experience at firms such as AKQA, BBDO, CKS | Partners, Jupiter Research, and Lazard Fréres. In 2005, he was recruited to help reinvigorate the ad:tech conference brand and its U.S. flagship conferences in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York as Event Chairman, Head of Programming, and Chair of its U.S. Advisory Board. He was later assigned to the launch teams, and served as Event Chair, Head of Programming, and Board Chair for new ad:tech conferences in Miami, Shanghai, Sydney, and Singapore.

In 2010, he branched out on his own and created and  produced over 100 in-person and virtual conferences under the APPNATION, CDX / CDX Accelerate, and IoT Influencer Summit brands in the US, Europe, and Asia. He also conceptualized and launched dxdaily.com - an editorial destination + weekly newsletter platform covering digital business transformation and innovation news.