What CEOs Want From Technology - Wall Street Journal (blog)

What CEOs Want From Technology
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Scott Griffith, CEO of online car rental firm Zipcar, and Shouvik Bhattacharyya, CEO of Valtech, a digital marketing firm, both said they're interested in “customer-facing technology.” Griffith said his company is investing heavily in mobile technology ...

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The Morning Download: CIO Power is With the Business - Wall Street Journal (blog)

The Morning Download: CIO Power is With the Business
Wall Street Journal (blog)
To Zipcar's CEO, Scott Griffith, however, IT is a lynchpin of his business, and the CIO's strategic thinking is critical to his company's success. “It's a seat-at-the-table job,” regardless of whom the CIO reports to, he says.

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MIT Sloan CIO Symposium takes on mobile, data, clouds - CNET

MIT Sloan CIO Symposium takes on mobile, data, clouds
CNET
Perhaps the most striking example of just how rapidly mobile devices are forcing IT organizations to adapt came from Scott Griffith, the CEO of Zipcar, who said that "60 percent of interactions are now through an Android or an iPhone.

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Zipcar aims to make car sharing a way of life - Los Angeles Times


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Zipcar aims to make car sharing a way of life
Los Angeles Times
CEO Scott Griffith talks about a road to simpler urban living and alternatives to vehicle ownership. “We focus on lifetime value, years of relationship,” Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith says. “Half of our membership base is choosing to sell a car or not buy ...

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Post-Facebook IPO wisdom, from one CEO to another - Fortune


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Post-Facebook IPO wisdom, from one CEO to another
Fortune
By Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter May 18, 2012: 12:00 PM ET Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith offers a couple of words of advice amid today's Facebook IPO fanfare. FORTUNE -- Bust out the streamers and party hats, everybody, it's Facebook IPO Day!

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Zipcar CEO Shares Secrets Of iOS Success - Cult of Mac

Zipcar CEO Shares Secrets Of iOS Success
Cult of Mac
Speaking today at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith spoke about how quickly smartphone apps revolutionized Zipcar and the ways it interacts with its customers and offered insights into the company's success.

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CFOs Take Growing Interest in IT - Wall Street Journal (blog)

CFOs Take Growing Interest in IT
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Scott Griffith, CEO of Zipcar, also at the Symposium, concurred and said the CIO position is “a seat-at-the-table job.” In the end, more CFO control over IT spending might be good for both camps; CFOs can make decisions, informed by input from the CIO, ...

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Zipcar Announces Participation at Upcoming Cowen and Company and Needham ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Zipcar Announces Participation at Upcoming Cowen and Company and Needham ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Scott Griffith, Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Goldfinger will participate in an interview-style presentation at the Needham & Company 7th Annual Internet & Digital Media Conference to be held at the Essex House in New York City on Tuesday, June 5, ...

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New direction in car use - South Bend Tribune

New direction in car use
South Bend Tribune
By JERRY HIRSCH Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- Scott Griffith wants to rent you a car, but just for an hour or two, or maybe the afternoon. He is the chief executive of Zipcar Inc., the Cambridge, Mass., company that in a few short years has signed ...

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"Nothing But Potential" for Washburn - Ashland Current


Ashland Current
"Nothing But Potential" for Washburn
Ashland Current
Some 11 citizens of Washburn and its outlying rural region joined newly elected Washburn mayor Scott Griffith for lunch Wednesday at Patsy's Bar and Grill. This was the first in what Griffiths hopes be a monthly informal gathering of interested to ...

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