David Ticoll was appointed Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills in 2008. He has written several bestselling business books, including Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs, and The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency will Revolutionize Business. From 2003 to 2008, David chaired the Expert Panel of the Information & Communications Technology Council and was Senior Vice President of Research at New Paradigm Corp. David was founding CEO of the international think tank and consulting firm, Digital 4Sight, from 1994-2001. He was also a columnist at the Globe and Mail and tele.com. He founded the Canadian program of Gartner Group in the early 1980s.

David has a BA (Honours) from McGill University in sociology and political science, and has pursued graduate work in communications, information systems and marketing research. He is a Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Design Institute, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.