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Analysis: How does the CIO become the CEO?
Comment Betfair's Yu, speaking to silicon.com in an interview last year on the transition from the technology-focused CTO position to a wider operating COO role, said the "soft skills" are one of the biggest challenges. [06 Jan 2006]
Leader: Are IT bosses ready to run the company?
Leader As an online betting exchange, Betfair's business model is dependent on technology, and no-one is in a better position to take the company forward than Yu, who detailed some of his vision in this interview with silicon.com last year when he was... [05 Jan 2006]
IT guy becomes new Betfair CEO
News Yu, who has a background in computer science, was formerly CTO and then COO at Betfair before this week's boardroom reshuffle and is seen as something of a surprise appointment by outsiders. Online betting exchange Betfair has appointed its head of... [05 Jan 2006]
The McCue Interview: Betfair COO, David Yu
Comment Now COO Yu has added Betfair's call centres, telephone betting group, customer account management and payment systems to his technology responsibilities - although he stresses that strategic business development and product management remain the... [14 Nov 2005]
CIO Jury: Find your future leaders from within
News David Yu, COO, Betfair CIOs need to spend more time fostering internal talent and grooming a successor for their position from within the organisation, according to UK heads of IT. It is common for organisations to use head-hunting recruitment... [27 Jul 2005]
Leader: Should CIOs want to be CEOs?
Leader There's evidence of this already among our CIO Jury, with David Yu moving from CTO to COO at Betfair.com and Ric Francis, former CIO at Safeway, becoming operations director at the Post Office. Our CIO Jury voted with a two-thirds majority that... [24 Jun 2005]
CIO Jury: IT bosses can reach the boardroom
News David Yu has moved from CTO to COO at Betfair.com while Ric Francis, former CIO at supermarket chain Safeway, has recently become operations director at the Post Office. David Yu, COO, Betfair.com An exclusive silicon.com survey of 250 IT directors... [23 Jun 2005]
CIO Jury: Have IT bosses lost control?
News David Yu, COO, Betfair The big-spending years of Y2K and the dot-com boom have taken their toll on some corporate IT departments with other board members leaping on these supposed failures to undermine the IT director and rein in tech spending. [08 Jun 2005]
Online extortion victim speaks out
Speaking of his own experiences of the problem David Yu, COO of Betfair, last year told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com such a discourse is important as openness and shared understanding will eventually defeat the problem. [31 May 2005]
Denial of service attack victim speaks out
News Speaking of his own experiences of the problem David Yu, COO of Betfair, last year told silicon.com such a discourse is important as openness and shared understanding will eventually defeat the problem. [27 May 2005]
