This document lists 30 LinkedIn influencers that every "CIO On The Go" should follow. It provides a brief description for each influencer focusing on their area of expertise such as technology, innovation, marketing, leadership, analytics, and more. The influencers listed include executives from companies like Apple, HP, LinkedIn, startup founders, authors, and analysts.

1. 30 LinkedIn Influencers
Every “CIO On The Go” Must Follow
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2. “Follow David Edelman, to stay on top of technology, innovation & inbound marketing
insights”
David Edelman
McKinsey partner leading Digital
Marketing Strategy Practise

3. “He’s a Technology Forecaster and Business Strategist. Follow him to know how you can
develop game-changing strategies and capitalize on technology innovations”
Daniel Burrus
Best-Selling Author, Innovation Expert & Global Futurist,
Entrepreneur, Strategic Advisor & Keynote Speaker

4. “He’s a one stop influencer for every Entrepreneur!! Get lessons and expert advice for your
startup, marketing strategy and leadership”
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO at HubSpot

5. “Follow Angela Ahrendts to get an interesting insights form her, personal reflections on
technology, enterprise strategy and leadership”
Angela Ahrendts
Senior Vice President, Apple Retail

6. “He’s THE influencer you need to follow when it comes to Big Data. Apart from this he gives
great insights on strategy, performance management, analytics and key performance
indicators (KPIs).”
Bernard Marr
F Best-Selling Author, Keynote
Speaker and Leading Business and
Data Expert

7. “Follow him to stay up to date with new technology trends and how they will affect your
business. He even gives a hint on leadership and management from time to time”
Steven Sinofsky
Board Partner a16z; EIR Harvard Business
School; Writing at Learning by Shipping

8. “He gives a hoot about Social Media! Talks about social media & marketing trends and
lessons for entrepreneurs”
Ryan Holmes
CEO at Hootsuite

9. Get 360˚ insights on your business strategy and market positioning, trend analysis, market
sizing, Web site design, email design, media strategies, writing and synthesis of ideas.
Charlene Li
Helping leaders thrive with disruption
as the CEO of Altimeter Group

10. “Follow Arianna Huffington for an interesting take on everything news, life, tech and more.”
Arianna Huffington
President and Editor-in-Chief at
Huffington Post Media Group

11. Follow him, so that you don't have to search through LinkedIn to find interesting articles. He
also knows everyone in Silicon Valley and talks with them.
Jeff Weiner
CEO at LinkedIn

12. Get all the insider news from HP and all about future technologies and trends.
Meg Whitman
CEO at Hewlett-Packard

13. Hunter delves into new startups as well as the big stuff in tech. And he is often retweeted by
the people in this list.
Hunter Walk
Partner at Homebrew VC (fmr YouTube,
Google, Second Life product lead)

14. Idealab is a Technology Incubator that has started more than 100 companies, and created
more than 10,000 jobs in the past 16 years.
Bill Gross
Founder and CEO of Idealab

15. Stay up to date with Bloomberg's coverage of the big guys in tech.
Emily Chang
Host, Bloomberg West & Studio 1.0

16. “Talks about everything in technology and gives tips for better workplace etiquette and
productivity”
Farhad Manjoo
Technology Columnist at The New
York Times

17. Follow this Altimeter insider for insightful updates on Digital Transformation, Innovation and
future of technology
Brian Solis
Principal Analyst, Altimeter Group, Author
of What's the Future of Business (WTF)

18. He makes Disruptive Innovation Theory better.
Horace Dediu
Senior Fellow at Clayton Christensen
Institute

19. Hilary is on top of the chatter when it comes to today's tech news.
Hilary Mason
Founder at Fast Forward Labs

20. “News, insights and reviews on all the latest technology launches”
John C Abel
Senior Editor, LinkedIn ● Ex Wired ● Recovering
Reuters Columnist ● Founding editor, reuters.com

21. “A woman in tech who encourages the same. Shares perspectives on different aspects of
leadership and decision making in business”
Padmasree Warrior
Chief Technology and Strategy
Officer (CTSO) at Cisco Systems

22. He covers technology and innovation from the New York area, and reports on-air for CNBC.
Jon Fortt
CNBC On-Air Editor, Technology

23. Loic blends mindfulness with new tech projects and startups.
Loic Le Meur
Co-Founder LeWeb conference angel in
LinkedIn, Evernote & LendingClub

24. For Leadership, Big Data and its numbers
Jeffrey Strickland
Senior Predictive Analytics Consultant, Author and
Speaker with 26 Recommendations and 6000+
Endorsements

25. “Read about what’s new in marketing; trends, strategies, implications and getting the best out
of it ”
Danny Flamberg
Founder and CTO at HubSpot

26. Follow if you want to learn about interesting ideas and concepts related to work and
leadership
Edward Bauer
Digital Content Marketing/Editing at
Virtuoso

27. Follow him and get a fresh perspective on content and media.
Bryan Kramer
CEO | Author | Speaker | TED

28. Follow this Mobile App Guru to satisfy your app appetite.
Rich Foreman
For Mobile App Guru | Startup Advisor | Entrepreneur |
Author |Speaker| Startup Grind Director | Utility
Commissioner | Dad

29. Read all about what he has to say about Digital Analytics, Analytics Governance, Innovative
Analytics, Digital Value Extraction
Jacques Warren
Data-Driven Innovation Catalyst, Digital Value
Digger, CEO, KWANTYX

30. “Perspectives and insights on everything technology and special mentions of tips for the
CIOs”
David J. Hinson
Principal at Songbird Mobile

31. Focused on understanding the business agenda of CIO's in the state of New York and
Nevada.
Derek Mulrey
CIO Success Partner & IT Leadership
Champion - Business Development Director
at Gartner