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Dow Jones hires Kwei as SVP of consumer tech

Clarence Kwei

Dow Jones & Co. chief experience officer Daniel Bernard sent out the following on Thursday:

Good evening all,

It’s been an exciting month of growth as we continue to promote from within and add new talent and expertise to the Experience Team. I am now excited to announce that Clarence Kwei has joined Dow Jones as our new SVP of Consumer Technology, reporting to me.

In his new role, Clarence will work to design and communicate the shared technical vision, workflows and standards for the consumer-facing technology organization. He will also lead our Engineering and QA software professionals across our consumer brands and platforms.

Clarence joins us from Univision Digital, where he was Chief Technology Officer and led product, design and technology. He helped modernize core technologies, increased video views and launched Univision’s first streaming service across web, mobile and OTT platforms.

Prior to Univision, Clarence held various product, program and technology leadership roles at Conde Nast and Time Inc.

Please join me in welcoming Clarence to our team.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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