Mission: Purpose, Passion, & Profession
My purpose is helping people live better lives using technology and social science. My passion is the nexus of digital brains (artificial intelligence) and human brains (social psychology). My profession is bringing technology and people together.
Résumé & Biography
- Resume of Rajiv Pant, executive summary version (PDF) | (MS Word) | A detailed but obsolete archived version in <HTML>
- Areas for improvement: strengths & weaknesses
- Biography & Photo
In The News
- Hearst press release: Rajiv Pant Named General Manager of Technology Platforms and Chief Technology and Product Officer of Hearst Magazines, Hearst Autos, and CDS Global (also MediaPost article, Hearst press release)
- Talking Biz News article: WSJ’s chief technology officer promoted to News Corp. position
- Talking Biz News article: WSJ hires chief technology and product officer
- The Wall Street Journal article: New York Times CTO Rajiv Pant Joins Digital Media Startup Some Spider
- Politico article: NY Times CTO Rajiv Pant leaves to join a startup
- The CTO Series: An interview with Rajiv Pant, CTO of The New York Times by Justin Hendrix, Executive Director at NYC Media Lab
- Quartz essay: Why I left being CTO of The New York Times, joined a startup, and am pledging 20% of my equity to charity
- Honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014
Awards
- Honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014
- Newspaper Association of America: 20 Under 40 (2006)
- Knight Ridder Excellence Awards (2001 & 1999) and more…
Recommendations
- Matthew Murray, Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal
- Katharine Bailey, SVP, Product at The Wall Street Journal
- Che Douglas, VP of Design at Booking.com
- Denise Warren, Executive Vice President, The New York Times
- Robert A. Sauerberg Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Conde Nast
- Mark Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company
- Rohn Jay Miller, Senior Vice President of Product and Technology at Knight Ridder Digital
- Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. Chairman & Publisher, The New York Times
- Sarah Chubb Sauvayre, President, Conde Nast Digital
- Congratulatory letter from Cox on being featured in the 2005 Annual Report
- Fred Mann; former VP, National Programming and Regional VP, Knight Ridder Digital; GM, Philly.com
- Daniel Finnigan, President and CEO, Knight Ridder Digital
- Robin Palley, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- Ken Doctor, VP/Content Services, Knight Ridder Digital
- Steve Rossi, President, Newspaper Division, Knight Ridder
- Tony Ridder, Chairman and CEO, Knight Ridder
- More recommendations, including those posted on LinkedIn
Speaking Engagements
- List of selected speaking engagements