About

Dion Hinchcliffe is an internationally recognized business strategist, enterprise architect, transformation consultant, futurist, analyst and regular keynote speaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cloud, digital workplace/employee experience, technology strategy, and enterprise IT. Dion is currently VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research where he heads up research and global client advisory into CIO topics, the Future of Work, and emerging technology in the enterprise. Dion is a leading industry expert on the topics of enterprise IT, digital transformation, digital workplace, social collaboration, customer experience, API strategy, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, social business, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), cloud computing, agile/DevOps, digital business, and IT strategy. His thought leadership can be found on ZDNet, Constellation Research, and here On Digital Strategy. He also co-authored Web 2.0 Architectures for O’Reilly as well as the bestselling Social Business by Design (John Wiley & Sons). In 2017, Dion was inducted as an Executive Fellow at the Tuck School of Business Center for Digital Strategies in support of their invite-only large enterprise CIO Roundtable program. Dion was recently identified, through data analysis by Leadtail, as the #2 person globally most mentioned by CIOs: Dion’s is currently ranked as one of the top 50 digital influencers worldwide as of April, 2020 by Digital Scouting. He was also ranked recently as the #2 influencer in the world on the subject of digital transformation in a data-based analysis by Onalytica as well as a top cloud industry influencer. Dion is also a top 10 influencer on the topic of machine-to-machine (M2M.) You can consult Dion’s current research agenda for a list of upcoming insights and reports he is working on. Industry Plaudits
Dion Hinchcliffe is one of the brightest minds in the nation today. For years he has helped individuals and organizations think through complex challenges. And for years he has proven he can glean trends and impart their relevance to decision-makers. He is world renowned for his thinking, speaking and writing powers. And perhaps above all he is known for his amazing ability to capture complex concepts in simple to understand graphics.Bob Gourley, CTO Vision, and former CTO of U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
Dion has been featured or quoted in CIO Magazine, Computerworld, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and numerous other national and overseas news sources. You can also reach him by email at dion@constellationr.com.

Speaking Engagements and Industry-Leading Workshops

If you’d like Dion to speak at your event or provide one of his popular workshops on an array of technology and business subjects, please contact us via e-mail for details on current topics and availability. Dion has delivered the following to clients around the world on 6 continents:
  • Over 350 strategic workshops to business and technical audiences up and including the C-level.
  • Architected over a dozen in-production cloud/SaaS services in the social, mobile, and enterprise industries.
  • Keynoted or spoken at hundreds of leading industry conferences including CeBIT, Enterprise Digital Summit, KMWorld, IT Roadmap, Dreamforce, CIO Perspectives, AIIM Conference, IBM Connect, and many other top events.
  • Written hundreds of analyses and overviews of Web strategy, digital/social business, and enterprise IT.
  • Published and edited numerous books, white papers, and magazine articles on IT and business topics.
Dion’s Slideshare account has a sampling of his recent presentations. Dion Hinchcliffe at Web 2.0 Expo Berlin 2008

Dion Keynotes Enterprise Digital Summit Paris 2016

Dion Keynotes API Strategy and Practice in 2015

Dion Keynotes at OSCON 2010

Older Speaking Engagements

CIO Perspectives in Fairfax, Virginia on June 11th, 2014, Session by Speaker Dion Hinchcliffe Intersection Conference Keynote Speaker April 2014 Dion Hinchcliffe AIIM Conference 2014 Keynote on the #futureofwork by Dion Hinchcliffe Dion Hinchcliffe's Closing Keynote at Social Business Arena 2014 at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany E2.0 Summit 2014 | Paris, France | Keynote and Leadership Workshop by Dion Hinchcliffe IBM Connect 2014 Session on Open Standards for Social Business by Dion Hinchcliffe Webinar on Social Organization with Social Media Today and Dion Hinchcliffe Social Business 2013 Denmark Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe ASAE Tech Conference 2013 | CIO Track | Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Dreamforce 2013 Speaker and Panelist by Dion Hinchcliffe CIO PWC Jive Leadership Summit | October 23rd, 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Open Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Social Business Africa | August 20 2013 | Opening Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Dion Hinchcliffe Speaking at Social Business Summit 2013 Tokyo Shanghai and Austin Enterprise 2.0 Summit Keynote in Paris France by Dion Hinchcliffe | March 2013 CIO Perspective Atlanta | March 2013 | Opening Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Dion Hinchcliffe's book reading and signing at SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas Dion Hinchcliffe speaking at Oracle Cloud World Los Angeles in January 2013 ASAE Tech Conference 2012 Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote and Workshop at Knowtech in Stuttgart, Germany in 2012 CDW Keynote Series by Dion Hinchcliffe Executive Summit 2012 Enterprise 2.0 Conference Boston 2012 Workshop by Dion Hinchcliffe Social Business By Design Australia Book Tour May 2012 by Dion Hinchcliffe Intranets 2012 Australia by Dion Hinchcliffe Enterprise 2.0 Virtual Conference February 2012 | Opening Keynote by Dion Hinchcliffe Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote at AIIM Conference 2012 CITE Conference 2012 Keynote and Workshop by Dion Hinchcliffe Dion Hinchcliffe Speaking at the Social Business Summit Series 2012 Dion Hinchcliffe Keynoting at Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris in February 2012 Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote at Defrag 2011 Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote at SIBOS Innotribe in Toronto in 2011 Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote at The Agile Executive Forum 2011