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New York, NY-based Omnicom Group Appointed Craig Cuyar as Global Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Omnicom Group is the leading global marketing communications company providing the best talent, creativity and digital innovation in the world of integrated marketing services for more than 200 brands - including some of the world`s most iconic, innovative and successful. Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) is a strategic holding company that has the industry`s most diverse portfolio of more than1,000 companies serving over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. Omnicom and its agencies have a corporate culture distinguished by a long-standing belief in the power of learning and training. The company offers the industry`s richest opportunities for individual growth, with offerings that include Omnicom University, Catalyst at DDB, BBDO University, Tiger Academy at TBWA, Ketchum University, OMD Foundations, and more - all contributing to enhancing employees` professional breadth and our success in retaining top talent. Year after year, Omnicom brands win the lion`s share of industry awards, testament to an intensely creative, vibrantly entrepreneurial and deeply collaborative corporate culture designed to ensure worldwide, world-class marketing and communications services – and profitability – for every client and investor.
About the Person
Craig A. Cuyar is the Global Chief Information Officer of Cushman& Wakefield, a global commercial real estate services provider with operations in 58 countries. He is based in New York, New York. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Dr. Cuyar has served as a CIO for sixteen years in a variety of professional services industries, including healthcare, advertising, and residential and commercial real estate. He was most recently the CIO for the Realogy Franchise Group, a global franchisor of some of the most recognized brands in the real estate industry including Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate®, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, ERA®, and Sotheby’s International Realty®. Dr. Cuyar has served as an adjunct faculty member and designed curricular materials for various academic institutions and is currently an adjunct faculty member teaching Supply Chain Management at Columbia University. He also mentors IT professionals for the CIO Executive Council and students enrolled in the Masters of Technology Management program at Columbia University Dr. Cuyar holds Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Finance from the Rutgers Business School. He speaks regularly at professional conferences and serves on Executive Advisory Boards for Avaya, Savvis and Zillow. Dr. Cuyar is also the Immediate Past President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Information Management and a current Board member for OSCRE. Dr. Cuyar lives in Randolph, NJ with his wife and three daughters. In his spare time he enjoys travel, wine and fly-fishing.
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