Passionate about designing platforms that scale human interactions, Cleve spends his days crafting innovations that are both useful and useable. As Chief Technology Officer at Wunderman Thompson, Cleve oversees executive technology decisions around strategy, innovation, engineering, and product to deliver world-class connected experiences for Fortune 500 clients such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Pfizer.
 
Cleve holds a doctorate in computer science and a marketing diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Always learning, he’s also completing his AI for Business Diploma from the University of Oxford this October. He sits on various technology councils across the WPP Group and advisory boards such as for Adobe, Sitecore, and Google. He is a passionate speaker, writer, and thought leader on subjects including business platforms, content architecture, digital transformation, and strategy.
 
Cleve served as the 2022 Cannes Lions Innovation Jury President and has judged the One Show as part of the IP and Products Jury, among other industry shows. He lives in Seattle with his family and loves to get outdoors running or skiing.