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About the Company

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, and deliver better care.

About the Person

Darren Person is currently the SVP and CTO global product technology for Elsevier where he is responsible for driving technology strategy and execution across the portfolio of digital products. Formerly, Person was the chief architect for Elsevier where he created strategic imperatives such as the CloudFirst strategy and open source migration initiatives. Before coming to Elsevier, Person was the CTO for the CBS television stations digital media group where he helped change the DNA of the local television station business and created a robust technology platform to enable real-time content distribution across all CBS TV properties. Prior to joining CBS, Person was director of development for new media at Lifetime Entertainment, a leading online entertainment and women's community network. He was directly responsible for all new media technology operations and development for Lifetime including their flagship website lifetimetv.com. With 15+ years of experience, Person continues to be excited about driving efficiencies and revenue opportunities through leveraging technology innovation. Though he is currently focused on building high performance teams, he loves any opportunity to work side by side with his team, peers and colleagues in solving complex problems. He is a firm believer in cross team collaboration and finding the best solution to meet the problem at hand.