Data-Informed vs Data-Driven with David Cohen, Chief Data Officer at WeightWatchers

David Cohen has served as WeightWatchers' Chief Data Officer since November 2022. Since joining us in June 2020, he also previously served as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Analytics. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cohen worked at Aaptiv, Inc, a digital audio fitness app, from Sept 2018 to June 2020, where he most recently held the roles of Senior Vice President of Growth and Chief Data Officer. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President of Engineering & Data at Yieldmo, an advertising technology company. Prior to that, he worked at Shutterstock, overseeing data and compliance. Mr. Cohen has his B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from Colby College.

Steve Hamm is an award winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. He has been writing about the tech industry for more than 30 years, including journalism stints at BusinessWeek and the San Jose Mercury News. His book credits include Bangalore Tiger, The Race For Perfect, Making the World Work Better, Smart Machines, and soon to be released - The Rise of the Data Cloud.