Rufus Lidman Email & Phone Number

Lidman boasts a breadth of experience in digital disruption and data innovation, spanning global billion-dollar corporations to social impact startups, rooted deeply in his expertise in emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. His academic credentials encompass dual degrees in business and applied statistics, augmented by Ph.D. studies, data science and architecture. Lidman's endeavors include founding IAB and acting as national digital advisor for WFA over several years. He's the author of 4 books and has imparted knowledge through over 300 lectures. In his role as Chief Digital Strategist, he committed 12 years to guiding Samsung's digital transformation, initiating in the Nordics and then broadening globally. Recently he has with MACH as a foundation been responsible for developing a new mesh-inspired data strategy, implementing composable data architecture, procuring and implementing new cloud platforms, as well as developing a new disruptive strategy with broad-based data innovation as a tool for taking the Nordics' leading fossil fuel company to a forefront in sustainable mobility. Befire that his professional collaborations include work with 100 prominent companies, such as Mercedes, IKEA, Electrolux, and PwC, across four continents. He has conducted work in cities like Barcelona, London, Geneva, Paris and New York, with stops in Dubai, Bahrain, Da Nang, Manila, Seoul and Singapore. As an entrepreneur, Lidman has founded/co-founded more than half a dozen ventures, marking 2-3 notable exits, incl. two-time winner of growth award ("Gasell"), local site attracting 1 million users, global apps with 15 million downloads, and the worlds' largest independent app within digital strategy loved by 200,000 users across 165 countries. Recently, he co-founded a leading talent acquisition firm during the pandemic, now a thriving eight-figure entity on the cusp of its ninth. Internationally, Lidman has been the driving force behind the establishment of a pioneering EdTech company in Singapore. Beyond his professional sphere, Lidman is ex military, a competitive boxer and muay thai coach, as well as a devoted husband and dedicated father of adored twin boyz.