Dow Jones Names John O'Donovan as New CTO

Dow Jones named John O'Donovan as the CTO of Consumer Products and Platforms.

Under O'Donovan, the existing Consumer Product Technology and Platforms teams will be consolidated into a single organizational structure. He will be responsible for the technology for all of our Consumer brands including WSJ, Barron’s, MarketWatch and eFinancialNews.

Before joining Dow Jones, O'Donovan was CTO at the Financial Times where he drove a strategy to deliver cultural and technology changes which allowed the FT to expand its content services and subscription platforms, reaching new markets and customers. Prior to this, he delivered industry changing innovation as Chief Architect of BBC News and Sport.

In this role, he helped kickstart the Video On Demand industry with the groundbreaking BBC iPlayer.