William Pence (CTO of AOL)

Name: William Pence (CTO of AOL)
Start: 2015-10-21T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2015-10-21T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Oct 21, 2015, 10:00 PM – Oct 22, 2015, 1:00 AM (UTC)

Washington DC

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, 20036

William Pence is the Chief Technology Officer of AOL. William leads all aspects of AOL’s global technology strategy, platform development and external technology partnerships, as well as plays a key leadership role in the overall strategy and direction of AOL. He is an accomplished leader in the digital technology industry with over 25 years of experience. William joined AOL in April of 2014.

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William Pence is the CTO of AOL.  William leads all aspects of AOL’s global technology strategy, platform development and external technology partnerships, as well as plays a key leadership role in the overall strategy and direction of AOL. He is an accomplished leader in the digital technology industry with over 25 years of experience. William joined AOL in April of 2014.

Before joining AOL, William served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of WebMD from 2007 to 2014 as well as Chief Operating Officer of WebMD from 2012 to 2014. Prior to WebMD, William served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Napster from 2003 to 2007. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of pressplay, a Universal Music Group/Sony Music Entertainment joint venture, and from 2000 to 2001 he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Universal Music Group. Previously, William spent more than a decade at IBM.

William received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Virginia, and a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.