Guardian Life CIO Dean Del Vecchio on How Hurricane Sandy Prepared them for COVID

October 4, 2021

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About the Guest

Dean Del Vecchio

EVP, CIO, and Chief of Operations at Guardian Life

Dean Del Vecchio is the Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Chief of Operations at Guardian Life, roughly 160-year-old mutual company with roughly $10.5 billion in annual revenue. He has held that role for roughly two and a half years and leads a team of about 4,500 employees. He had previously been the EVP and CIO and Head of Enterprise Shared Services of the company. In his previous roles, those have included chief information officer and global head of IT services at News Corp and CIO of Dow Jones.

Episode Overview

599: In this interview, Dean Del Vecchio; Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Chief of Operations at Guardian Life; focuses on the expansion of the CIO role in company innovation, customer experience, and infrastructure modernization. Dean provides an overview of his responsibilities as CIO and Chief of Operations and how his responsibilities have expanded over the course of his career. He discusses the company’s Guardian on the Go Strategy as it relates to enabling employees for successful remote work and the future of remote and hybrid work environments. He gives his perspective on how remote work leveled the playing field for employees and how this might work in a hybrid work environment. Additionally, Dean talks about how culture plays a critical role in innovation and how to develop and upskill talent to foster innovation, and areas where innovation is crucial including the evolving customer digital experience. Finally, he shares how his team looks at modernizing the company’s IT Infrastructure, how ecosystems can benefit efforts in innovation, as well as trends in technology he has his eye on, among other topics.

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This episode is sponsored by Quickbase.