Loc Dao is a Canadian digital media creator who is the

chief digital officer A chief digital officer (CDO) or a chief digital information officer (CDIO) is an individual who helps a company, a government organization or a city drive growth by converting traditional "analog" businesses to digital ones using the potential of ...

(CDO) of the National Film Board of Canada. Dao was named CDO in March 2016, after serving as executive producer and creative technologist for the NFB English-language digital studio in Vancouver since 2011. In December 2011, Dao was named Canada's Top Digital Producer for 2011 at the Digi Awards in Toronto, formerly known as the Canadian New Media Awards. His credits include the web documentaries '' Welcome to Pine Point'', the NFB/ ARTE France co-production ''Barcode.tv'', ''

Circa 1948 ''Circa 1948'' is both a 2014 interactive app for iOS devices and an interactive installation created by Stan Douglas and the National Film Board of Canada's Digital Studio in Vancouver, led by Loc Dao. The project allows users to virtually explo ...

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Bear 71 ''Bear 71'' is a 20-minute 2012 interactive National Film Board of Canada (NFB) web documentary by Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes about a female grizzly bear in Banff National Park named Bear 71, who had a tracking collar implanted at the age ...

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God's Lake Narrows God's Lake Narrows is a community located in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The community is located on the shores of Gods Lake, which is the 7th largest lake in the province. God's Lake has a maximum depth of 75 meters. Located 550 k ...

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Waterlife ''Waterlife'' is a 2009 documentary film and web documentary about the state of the Great Lakes. It was directed by Kevin McMahon. Film McMahon began filming ''Waterlife'' in 2007. The film explores the beauty of the Great Lakes as well as their ...

'', ''The Test Tube With David Suzuki'' and '' Cardboard Crash''. Prior to joining the NFB, Dao worked on the Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition for the

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in Vancouver as well as citizen journalism initiatives, and helped publishing companies transition from print to digital media. He previously worked at CBC Radio, working first as a sound engineer then a webmaster, then serving as a producer and executive producer. He created one of the first websites for CBC in 1994 and in 2002 was executive producer and co-creator of CBC Radio 3. Dao's replacement as NFB Digital Studio head is Rob McLaughlin, with whom he had previously worked with under the company name Subject Matter Inc., collaborating with Katerina Cizek to develop the NFB transmedia project ''Filmmaker in Residence'', which won the Webby Award for Best Documentary Series in 2008.

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