Richard Entrup

Richard Entrup is a global technology and innovation leader with significant experience leading technology operations, digital transformation and innovation, digital marketing, data/analytics/AI, cybersecurity, and product development. Currently serving as Managing Director, Head of Emerging Solutions in the Enterprise Innovation Group at KPMG US, focused on emerging frontiers such as GenAI, AI Avatars, Quantum, Spatial, Blockchain, and others. Prior to KPMG, Entrup led global technology and digital transformation programs at many prominent global brands including Verizon, Christie’s, Disney/ABC, Time Warner, The Museum of Modern Art, Viacom, and Tiffany & Company. Entrup also served as CIO/CTO/CDO and CISO at several healthcare companies and an international law firm with documented success aligning technology investments to strategic business objectives. Entrup was awarded the 2021 and 2024 HMG Strategy Global Leadership Institute Award for Exceptional Leadership, Innovation, Business Transformation, Talent Development, and Digital Disruption. As a passionate advocate of paying it forward, self-development, and continuous learning, Entrup is a Mentor in the Executive Masters in Technology Management Programs at Columbia and Northeastern, a Startup Mentor at the leAD Sports Performance Accelerator at Lake Nona, and a recent student at Harvard Business School Online, focused on Design Thinking, Digital Disruption, and Innovation courses. He also serves as a Strategic Advisor and sometimes Investor to startups focused on GenAI, Web3/Blockchain, Digital Art, Visual Search, AI-powered shoppable broadcasting, and Quantum Resistance. Entrup is also a VC CIO Advisory member at Mayfield, Greylock, and Lightspeed.