Doug Solomon
Doug is the Chief Technology Officer at IDEO, working with clients to leverage technologies that create both business and social value. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the IT industry, Doug has a particular interest in and knack for collaborative technologies that enable greater community engagement and participation.
Prior to joining IDEO, he was vice president of investments at Omidyar Network, where he helped pioneer a new approach to socially responsible investing. He was also senior vice president of corporate development and chief strategy officer at both Apple and Palm, and he held leadership positions at Interval Research and several technology start-ups. Solomon began his career by applying marketing and other business concepts to public health programs in Asia, where he learned the importance of cultural awareness and community involvement in achieving meaningful social change.
Doug is a volunteer chaplain at Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Northern California, serves on the Board of Industry Advisors of the Consumer Electronics Association, and is an adviser to GAVI, the global initiative to vaccinate all the world’s children. He has three children and a fabulous wife, who all continually teach him how to be a mensch. He earned a master’s degree from the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii and a Ph.D. in communication research from Stanford University.
Topics Doug speaks on:
- Design for Social Impact
- Health & Wellness
- Human-Centered Design
- Mobility
- Technology Strategy
Speaking engagements:
September 2010, "Creating Enterprise Collaboration Systems That Really Work," Gartner Leadership Forum: Leading in Times of Transition – New Realities, New Rules, New Opportunities, San Francisco, CA
June 2010, "Innovation Laboratory on Rebuilding Trust,” The New York Forum, New York, NY
June 2010, "IT-driven business innovation," Global CIO Forum 2010, Washington D.C.
September 2009, "Becoming Embedded: Co-Creating Business With the Community," Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. Watch the live webcast here. (The panel begins 20 minutes into the video)
September 2009, "Engaging New Audiences," Chicago 2016 Summit on Sport and Sustainability
June 2009, "Design Thinking, Technology and the Hospitality Customer Journey," HITECH 2009, closing keynote
April 2009, "Collaboration at Scale: Why Technology Alone Doesn't Work," Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco
September 2007, "Managing Innovation" panel, hosted by The Wall Street Journal, San Jose, CA
Published works:
May 2009, "Innovative Approaches to Increase Effectiveness and Social Impact," Council on Foundations annual conference, Atlanta, GA
April 2009, “Innovation and Economic Growth,” UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Committee on Development Information Science and Technology conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Summer 2007, “Leadership and Innovation in a Networked World,” innovations