Chicago CIO Community

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today.

Seizing momentum – influencing and leading the enterprise
Thriving through uncertainty - empowering people and delivering value
Advancing and scaling strategic, outcome-based technologies

Chicago CIO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the Chicago CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Co-Chairs

Corrado Azzarita

Kraft Heinz
Global CIO

Tom Gergets

McDonald's
CTO, Vice President - Global Technology Services

Deb Hall Lefevre

Couche-Tard
Chief Technology Officer

Mike Parisi

ITW
VP CIO

Ashley Pettit

State Farm Insurance
Senior Vice President & CIO

Tom South

Northern Trust
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Francesco Tinto

Walgreens Boots Alliance
Senior VP & Global Chief Information Officer

Eddy Wagoner

JLL
Executive Director, Digital Chief Information Officer

Members

Niyi Adedoyin

GATX
SVP & CIO

Eyal Altman

Littelfuse
Vice President, Chief Digital & Information Technology Officer

Neeru Arora

Volkswagen Group of America
SVP & CIO VW Credit Inc

Scot Berkey

Illinois Housing Development Authority
Chief Information Officer

Shawkat Bhuiyan

Bank of Montreal
Head of Technology Strategy & Architecture

Bill Blount

VelocityEHS
CIO

Kevin Boyd

University of Chicago
Associate Vice President and CIO

Rick Britton

Global Experience Specialists
EVP, CIO

Danielle Brown

Whirlpool Corporation
SVP & CIO

Wayne Bulmahn

UNITE HERE HEALTH
CIO & Security Officer

Roberta Cadieux

American Hotel Register Company
CIO

Sunitha Chamarti

Guardian Life Insurance
CIO - ReedGroup

Kelly Coomer

Sammons Financial Group
Chief Information Officer

Paul Cottey

Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC
CIO

Julie Devine

Medulla
CIO

Jeff Douglas

Potbelly Sandwich Works
SVP, CIO

Rita Fisher

Reynolds Consumer Products
CIO

Mark Forbes

D&W Fine Pack
Vice President, It & Chief Information Officer

Eric Foster

DFIN Solutions
EVP & CIO

Anuj Gaur

The Marmon Group
VP Global Information Technology

Ash Goel

Bronson
SVP/CIO

Robert Greening

Jockey
Vice President- Information Technology

Brad Hildestad

COUNTRY Financial
EVP & CIO

Ganesh Jayaram

John Deere
VP, IT

Deepak Kaul

Zebra
CIO

Lawson Kelly

Hyatt Hotels Corp
Global Chief Technology Officer

Laura Kohl

Morningstar
CIO

Stephen Lavin

Redbox
CTO

Susan Malisch

Loyola University Chicago
VP & CIO

Paul Mauschbaugh

CAT
Group Chief Information Officer (Services, Distribution & Digital)

Bud McQuade

Duracell
Vice President of Information Technology (CIO)

Jonathan Morse

Hill-Rom Holdings
Executive Director IT

Chris Nash

Adtalem Global Education
SVP & CIO

Heather Nelson

UChicago Medicine
SVP and CIO

Dan Nerroth

Consumers Credit Union
CIO

Paul Niser

Walton St. Capital
CTO

Augustus Oakes

ATI Physical Therapy
Interim CIO

Jim Petrassi

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
SVP and CTO

John Phillips

Briggs Healthcare
EVP & CIO

Julie Ragland

Navistar
SVP & Chief Information Officer

Scott Ramsbottom

Anixter
EVP & CIO

Brandon Ray

The Boeing Co
Business Operations Manager

Jason Reynolds

ADM
VP of Digital and Analytics

Marvin Richardson

Health Care Service Corporation
Senior VP & CIO

Simona Rollinson

ISACA
CTO

Edward Rybicki

Vyaire Medical
Global Chief Information Officer

Raj Sampoornam

Byline Bank
SVP & CIO

Bruce Schinelli

TTX
VP, IT & CIO

Swati Shah

TransUnion
SVP US Markets Technology

Karriem Shakoor

UL
SVP, Chief Information Officer

Mindy Simon

Conagra Brands
Chief Information Officer

Steven Smith

NorthShore University HealthSystem
CIO

Ophir Trigalo

Illinois Institute of Technology
VP & CIO

Randall Urban

Martin Brower LLC USA
CIO

Atul Verma

Bank of Montreal
Chief Information Officer. US, Personal and Business Banking

Chris Walter

Central Garden & Pet Company
CIO

Rick Williams

Ace Hardware
VP, IT

Shane Winegard

Panduit
VP & CIO

Janet Zelenka

Stericycle
EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer

"This event is a must-attend for all IT professionals – to network and knowledge-share with others in the industry.”

Michael Smith, CIO
The Estee Lauder Companies

"This is an efficient way to get exposure to what is really going on in the local IT community to validate or dispute what your current strategies are.”

Bill Fortwangler, CIO
Dollar Bank

“Relevant topics, great networking opportunities and valuable discussions.”

Eelko van Leeuwen, Global cio
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank

Upcoming Programs

In-person Programs

November 3, 2021

Chicago CIO Inner Circle

Mid America Club

An evening with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

November 30, 2021

Chicago CIO Executive Summit

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.

Virtual Programs

October 7 - 8, 2021

Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit

A virtual gathering for CIOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.

Learn More

PAST PROGRAMS

Content from your CIO peers

PODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 20

Chief Cybersecurity Officer Kurt John of Siemens USA joins the podcast to discuss how to manage the noise in your organization’s crowded technology ecosystem. Kurt explains how digitalization, speed to market, and a plethora of products are contributing to that noise and how to manage risk in this environment.

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BLOG | AUGUST 16, 2021

CIO Survey: Moving the Needle on Digital Capability

Each year, Evanta’s Leadership Perspective Survey takes the pulse of CIOs around the world and identifies their top challenges and opportunities. This year’s responses reflect the leap forward in technology accelerated by the pandemic, moving from broad digital strategy toward the underlying capabilities.

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SURVEY REPORT | AUGUST 16, 2021

The New C-Suite Imperative -- Australia: Partner with Peers Across the Business

Here is a look at the top objectives and sentiments of 160 C-level executives across Australia. Evanta’s 2021 Leadership Perspective Survey makes it clear that cross-collaboration among C-suite executives is more critical than ever for executives to achieve their goals.

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