Board Level CIO Archives - Page 4 of 5

Among other topics, Kim discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Her priorities for the next year, including Big Data and Analytics
Methods she is using to communicate and create cultural change across the organization
The IT Annual Plan, how it was been honed, and its wide distribution
IT’s role in bringing innovation to the business units
Security and how she balances risk taking with risk mitigation
Her membership on the board of Cloudera and how she began the process of board membership
What she has brought back to her job from her board memberships
Transparency in operations and how she approaches social media in that way
The state of women in technology and how she advocates for continuing progress

Kim Stevenson’s Biography

Kim Stevenson is the Chief Information Officer of Intel, a $55 billion technology company that designs and manufactures digital technology platforms. Kim leads the more than 6,000 worldwide IT employees to drive competitive advantages and provide IT solutions.

Prior to joining Intel, Kim spent seven years at the former EDS (now HP enterprise services), in a variety of positions including vice president of Worldwide Communications, Media and Entertainment (CM&E) Industry Practice, and vice president of Enterprise Service Management where she oversaw the global development and delivery of enterprise services. Before joining EDS, Kim spent 18 years at IBM in several executive positions including vice president of Marketing and Operations of the eServer iSeries division.

Kim currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cloudera and Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

Kim has a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University. She also has an MBA from Cornell University, Johnson School of Management, where she is currently a member of the Advisory Board.

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Among other topics, Lidia discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Quest Diagnostics, their scale, technology, and partnerships
Her role as Chief Information and the responsibilities of her role
How she encourages her team to engage with customers
Big Data and how her team structures and analyzes the huge amount of data at Quest Diagnostics
Security and how she balances innovation and risk-taking with security considerations
Her membership on the board of Gannett, and how she came across the opportunity to join
How boards of directors will continue to look for technical expertise as companies try to become digital

Lidia Fonseca’s Biography

Lidia Fonseca is the Chief Information Officer of Quest Diagnostics, a $7.5B provider of clinical laboratory services. As CIO, Lidia leads the IT function, enterprise architecture, and integrates process, data, and systems across the network.

Prior to working at Quest Diagnostics, Lidia served in multiple technology roles at other major healthcare organizations including LabCorp and Philips Medical Systems.

Lidia is a member of the Board of Directors at Gannett, a large media holding company, and is also an advisory board member of Medivo, a healthcare data company.

Lidia earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkley, and received her MBA and Master of Business Informatics from the Erasmus Graduate School of Business.

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Among other topics, Linda discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

The preparation process to begin her role as Chief Information Officer of Proctor & Gamble
Her diverse set of experiences within the company and how she thinks about her experiences for the future leaders of Proctor & Gamble
Her former role as Chief Diversity Officer, and some of the paths that she has seen work well to ensure promote diversity within IT
Some of her strategic plans that are current imperatives
The increasing important of security and how she balances security with innovative activities within the organization
Her involvement on multiple boards including Cincinnati Insurance Company and several non-profit boards
How she spent her first 100 days as CIO
Eye on the Trends: The Internet of Things, Mobile Technology

Linda Clement-Holmes’ Biography

Linda Clement-Holmes is the Chief Information Officer of Proctor & Gamble, the $76 billion consumer packaged goods company. Linda began her career with Proctor & Gamble 32 years ago, starting as a systems analyst, before undertaking roles including the first ever Chief Diversity Officer, Senior Vice President of Global Business Services, and Global Information & Decision Solutions Officer.

Beyond Proctor & Gamble, Linda is involved with multiple boards, including as a member of the Board of Directors of Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Linda received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management and Computer Science from Purdue University.

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Among other topics, Andi discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Her new role as the Vice President of Technology and Business Solutions at Biogen
How she has gone from a CIO to a Beyond-CIO role in a new industry, and how others could follow
The role of traditional education in her history, at Biogen, and within the industry
Her innovation mandate and how she plans resources to develop innovative ideas
Her recent appointment to the board of Advance Auto Parts, and how she became board-ready as an IT leader
Her working relationship with Biogen’s new CIO (Matt Griffiths) and how he she works with the CIO

Andi Karaboutis’ Biography

Andi Karaboutis is the Executive Vice President of Technology and Business Solutions at Biogen, a $10 billion global biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to overseeing information technology, she leads the digital health technology, and advanced analytics teams unlocking new insights from commercial, patient and clinical data in innovative applications, including informing the drug discovery process. She is also a member of the board of Advance Auto Parts.

Prior to her time at Biogen, Andi was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Dell, where she was responsible for managing the enterprise-wide IT organization. Prior to her tenure at Dell, Andi was the Executive Director of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Information Officer at General Motors. Andi also spent about 15 years at Ford Motor Company after consulting with the company during her role as a Software Quality Assurance Coordinator at the Compuware Corporation.

A highly accomplished professional, Andi holds many publications across a variety of technology journals as well as a host of honors and awards including Top 100 Women in STEM, Top 10 Women in Technology and Top 75 CIOs, CIO Outlook in 2012 and more recently in 2014 was an MIT CIO Sloan Leadership Award Finalist.

Andi holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Computer Control Systems from Wayne State University.

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Among other topics, Mark discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His role and the areas under his purview within Oracle
The culture within the IT department of a major technology company
The way in which he tests and integrates new solutions to give feedback to other parts of the organization
As CIO how he acts as an initial customer to his organization, and how he can lend an empathetic ear to other customers of Oracle
Strategic priorities for the future
His service on the boards of a variety of other organizations
The digital transformation and how the role of CIO should play a strategic role in this area
Pushing the innovation agenda and how he has balanced security against innovative activities
Eye on the Trends: Crowdsourcing, Crowdfunding, the Internet of Things, and Big Data

Mark Sunday’s Biography

Mark Sunday is the Senior Vice President and CIO of Oracle. In that role, Mark has responsibility over the technology infrastructure of the global organization, as well as the operational infrastructure for Oracle’s on-demand product offerings.

Prior to joining Oracle, Mark served as the CIO of Siebel Systems, a customer relationship management software tool, which was acquired by Oracle in 2005. Mark has also held roles at a variety of other technology organizations including Motorola, ST Microelectronics, and Texas Instruments.

Outside of Oracle, Mark has served on several advisory boards, including Altiris (now owned by Symantec), and is also a trustee of the Utah Technology Council and Economic Development Corporation of Utah.

Mark received his BSE from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Southern Methodist University

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Among other topics, Chris discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His role at Kroger
How his team manages to interact with customers and vendors within this industry
Innovation in self-service and customers’ adoption of and interaction with developments in technology
His experience as a board member on Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and Rehabcare Group, Inc., among others
Eye on the Trends: open sourcing of technology to increase productivity and increasing data analytics

Christopher Hjelm’s Biography

Christopher Hjelm is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for The Kroger Co. Chris leads the technology strategy, and is responsible for all aspects of engineering, site architecture, operations, and services. Before joining Kroger in 2005, Chris was Chief Information Officer at Cendant’s Travel Distribution Services and Senior VP for Technology at eBay.

Chris has more than 20 years of technology leadership experience at high-growth Internet companies as well as Fortune 500 firms, having served at Orbitz, Cendant Corp., eBay, and Federal Express. He has been a Director of Rehabcare Group Inc. since July 2007 and a Director of Kindred Healthcare Inc. since June 2011. He serves as a Member of CIO Advisory Board of newScale LLC, which designs, manufactures and distributes networking equipments, and as a Member of Advisory Board at Channel Velocity, Inc.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from the Colorado State University and an Honorary PhD in Computer Science from Colorado Technical University.

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Among other topics, Stephanie discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Roles and Responsibilities within the World Bank Group
The challenges of collaboration within a very diverse set of employees
The path to IT leadership without having traditional education in the area
Cloud and the way in which security at the World Bank addresses those technology trends
What she’s gained by being at “board-level” within the bank and advising with Box.Org
Eye on the Trends: Data, structured, etc. the digitization of existing data

Stephanie von Friedeburg’s Biography

Stephanie is the CIO and VP for Information Technology Solutions at the World Bank Group, a role she has held since 2012. Among other responsibilities, Stephanie is in charge of driving IT strategy at the World Bank Group. She’ll speak about the transformation she has led in our interview.

Stephanie began her career at the World Bank in 1992, serving in a variety of roles, including CIO for the International Finance Corporation, Manager for IFC General Manufacturing Investments in Russia and the former Soviet republics, and Manager for IFC’s Global Telecommunications Portfolio, amongst other roles.

Stephanie is also on the advisory board of Box.org, the non-profit directed arm of Box.com, an online service that provides files sharing, collaborating, and other tools for files uploaded to its servers. She also serves as a leader of the International Finance Institution Women in IT organization, which advocates for the advancement of women in IT, as well as sitting on the board of the Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union.

Stephanie holds a bachelor’s degree from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She received her Master of Arts from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, also at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Among other topics, Angela discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

The unique learning experiences she gained at BDP by virtue of being a global company with close ties to the global economy and marketplace
Angela’s rise to becoming a Board-level CIO and the unique advantages that can be gained from serving as a member of a Board of Directors
The historical reasons behind why CIOs haven’t traditionally served on Boards and her advice for other CIOs who wish to become Board-ready
The current state of women in IT, it’s potential growth and her concerns for the future
The unique advantages she gained from her non-traditional background with an undergraduate degree in Music
Eye on the Trends: The increasing impact of technology in companies and how the recognition of that fact is causing Boards to seek out CIOs

Angela Yochem’s Biography

Angela is the Global CIO of BDP International, a leading privately-held global transportation and logistics management firm. Among other responsibilities, Angela oversees the setting and implementation of the corporate strategy and several aspects of governance and operating committee functions. In addition to her role at BDP International, Angela serves as a member of the Board of Directors at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

Before her tenure at BDP International, Angela served as the Chief Technology Officer at AstraZeneca, the multinational pharmaceutical and biologics company. Among many key responsibilities, Angela was responsible for the development of the company’s Innovation Network composed of external partners, technology companies, research institutions and various other thought leaders, investors and start-ups.

Angela has also served as the Corporate IT executive and Divisional CIO at Dell, a positions she undertook after serving as the SVP, Technology Executive at Bank of America and Vice President Information Services at SunTrust Corporation. Angela also served as the Lead System Architect at UPS and a Solutions Architect at IBM among other roles in the early part of her career.

Along with her Board position at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, Angela has served as a member of the Industry Advisory Board at the University of Tennessee, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the CIO Council, DEMO – Emerging Technology Launchpad, the Advisory Boards at Patients Matter and cWyze and is a Fellow of the International Association of Software Architects.

Angela holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Depauw University and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee.

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Among other topics, Tom discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Tom’s journey from company to company and what led him to become a CIO and a member of the Board of Directors and his emphasis of being a “business guy specializing in technology.”
The uniqueness of Tom’s background always having technology being a part of his life but not necessarily having the requisite technology background and instead having a business background.
How Tom, as an IT executive, ended up taking on the responsibility of corporate strategy – a traditionally very “business” role.
The value from the perspective gained from being on a management team and a Board of Directors simultaneously.
Tom’s belief in being driven, motivated and curious about the work one does and not specifically being ambitious to achieve a specific title or board position.
Eye on the trends: The growing importance of and requirement for CIOs gaining a business understanding and driving towards being business leaders with deep technology understanding rather than being technology specialists working with the business.

Tom Nealon’s Biography

Tom is a member of the Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines Co., a role he has held since December 1, 2010. On April 16, 2012, he also began serving as a member on the Board of Directors of the Fossil Group Inc. Tom was also the Group Executive Vice President of J.C. Penney, a role he assumed after having spent time as EVP and CIO. During his tenure with the company, he oversaw all of information technology including the design and ongoing development of systems and infrastructure to support the long-range plan and strategic business objectives. He also led the development of innovative technological and process improvements across J. C. Penney to improve customer experience and increase efficiency.

Before his time at J. C. Penney, Tom served as the Senior Vice-President of Technology and Chief Information Officer of Southwest Airlines Co. At Southwest, he led the transformation of their technology organization and the improvement of all business processes surrounding customer interactions. His initiatives caused significant technology-driven improvements across most of the business from ground and flight operations to maintenance and engineering, schedule planning and even southwest.com.

Prior to his time at Southwest, Tom was a partner with the Feld Group, a position he undertook after spending time as the CIO of Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo.

Tom received the 2010 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership and was recognized by Information Week as a “Premiere 100 CIO” in 2007. He has also served as a MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award Judge since 2012.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University and an MBA from the University of Dallas.

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Among other topics, Ralph discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Ralph’s opportunities and the key factors that led to him being invited and accepting a variety of board positions.
The advantages of and value added from holding board positions while still being an active CIO.
The necessity of having the correct “mixture” of a business and a technology background to become a board level CIO.
The current state of the CIO role and how it has evolved over the past few decades.
The importance of guiding younger IT leaders and training them to succeed as C-level executives.
Eye on the trends: 1) Mobility – the ability to have 24/7 access to information from both the internal and customer side 2) Big data and analytics – how companies can use the vast amounts of data they have access to 3) Cloud – how to leverage the vast knowledge and resources accessible through the cloud while ensuring security and compliance 4) Computing Innovation – what does the future, in form, anatomy and capabilities of the computer.

Ralph Szygenda’s Biography

Ralph is the former Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer of General Motors. Since his retirement in 2009, Ralph has been the Managing Partner at UST Global and serves on Investment Advisory Board of Lead Edge Capital as well as Chairman of the Customer Advisory Board at iRise. He is also a Senior Advisor to the CEO of Elastic Outreach and serves as a member of the H John Heinz III Business College Deans’ Advisory Board at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1994 to 2013, Ralph served on various other Boards including Covisint, Compuware, Handleman Company and Sodalia Corporation.

Prior to his tenure at GM, Ralph served as Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Bell Atlantic Corporation. Ralph also spent 21 years at Texas Instruments Inc. prior to his time at Bell Atlantic. In 1989, he was appointed Vice-President, Information Systems and Services and Chief Information Officer. Two years later, in 1991, he added the responsibility of Vice-President and General Manager of Texas Instruments Enterprise Systems Business Unit, an external software systems integration business supplying information products and services to the Fortune 500.

Ralph has won numerous awards including being named Information Week’s 2002 Chief Information Officer of the Year and being named to CIO magazine’s Hall of Fame in 2007.

Ralph holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1970 and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1975.

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