Biography

From MTV to Nickelodeon – Meeting the Demands of Viacom Audiences Through Technology

David Kline is Viacom’s Chief Technology Officer.  He provides strategic leadership for the company’s technology infrastructure and oversees Viacom’s Online Central Platform Technology and Interactive Services, Content Creation and Distribution Technology, Application Development and Information Security and Compliance.

During Kline’s five years with Viacom, he has led several successful initiatives including consolidating technology services across the organization to increase efficiency globally; implementing many core ERP systems such as SAP; driving innovation and efficiency across all aspects of technology to distribute our world-class content; and building the foundations of our business to consumer services and internal technology systems. All the while, Kline has developed and promoted a strong, diverse team of talented people to sustain these important goals and initiatives.

Kline joined the company in November 2010 after three years at Discovery Communications, where he had most recently been Executive Vice President of Technology and CTO.  Prior to Discovery, Kline held senior technology roles at Rainbow Media, a unit of Cablevision Systems, for nearly 10 years. 

Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games, consumer products, social media experiences, and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries. Viacom’s media networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Spike, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., Logo, Nicktoons, TeenNick, Channel 5 (UK), Telefe (Argentina) and Paramount Channel, reach over 3.9 billion cumulative television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.

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