
Yuriy Demidko
SVP & Chief Information Officer
As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at DP Fox Ventures, Yuriy leads enterprise technology
across the company’s various verticals, reducing operational friction by pairing clear processes
with reliable data and practical AI. He has designed and shipped several proprietary platforms
in-house, including an AI assistant, a business intelligence tool, specials workflow tools, and a
variety of AI native platforms, delivering capabilities that typically require outside vendors but doing so at a
fraction of the cost.
Yuriy brings hands-on technical depth to the role. Before becoming CIO, he spent six years as a Senior
Software Development Engineer at Apple, where he shipped 44 applications, and gained NoSQL
database experience at Datastax. He builds governed dashboards, applications, and AI
workflows that empower teams to succeed, spending time in the stores, listening first and
converting what works on the ground into plays that scale.
Beyond his work at DP Fox, Yuriy is a recognized voice in automotive technology and applied AI.
He speaks at industry conferences including NADA, the Digital Marketing Strategies Conference and Modern Retailing Conference, writes regularly on operator-built technology and first-party
data, and has been featured on various industry podcasts and newsletters.