Eric Iverson

"Eric Iverson is a senior technology executive and a 25-year veteran of Media and Entertainment. He is currently the CTO for United Talent Agency (UTA), where he oversees Product & Engineering, Strategic Technology Partnerships, IT Operations, and Cybersecurity.

Previously, he has held positions as the Head of Product Strategy at Amazon Studios, Chief Technology Officer for the Media & Entertainment Global Vertical at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he oversaw the CAAtech department. Before joining CAA in 2016, Iverson spent more than 17 years at Sony Pictures. In his capacity as Divisional CIO for Sony Pictures Television, he was responsible for the global systems portfolio and led strategic technology change initiatives for television production, distribution, and network & digital channels.

Eric is engaged in several industry-wide initiatives, including EIDR, MESA, HITS, Evanta CIO and CDO groups, SCSIM, WiTH, and the SoCal Women’s CIO Certification Program. In 2019, Eric was a finalist for the LA Business Journal’s Enterprise CIO of the Year Award. In 2022, Eric was awarded the ‘Women In Technology Hollywood’ Leadership Award, and in 2023, Eric was recognized as a contributor to the EIDR standard, which won a Technical Emmy. Eric graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in music."