Dallas CIO Community

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

Accelerating High Growth and Digitally-Driven Outcomes
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Dallas CIO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

Sumit Anand

At Home
Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Information Officer

Mike Anderson

Netskope
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Paola Arbour

Tenet Health
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Kim Mackenroth

Textron
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Neelu Sethi

Reddy Ice Holdings
SVP, Chief Information Officer

Members

Sanjay Agrawal

Avery Dennison
Global CIO and Vice President- RBIS (Solution Group)

Maynard Ahner

Wells Fargo
CTO and Digital Product Management

Chris Akeroyd

Children's Health
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Scott Albright

Interstate Batteries
CIO

Jim Ashley

Ben E. Keith
SVP, Information Services & CIO

Mruna Asoori

First Command Financial Services
Chief Technology Officer

Nancy Avila

McKesson
Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Chief Technology Officer

Danyel Bischof-Forsyth

Tyson Foods
CTO

Andrew Brock

Associa
President, CIO

Brandon Brown

Laredo Petroleum
Vice President & CIO

Mike Bullock

Texas Rangers
VP, IT

Brent Cerka

Warren Equipment
Chief Information Officer

Nitin Chaturvedi

KFC
Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Sunitha Chinthalapudi

Wells Fargo
Head of Commercial Capital Technology

Steve Ciske

Holland America Line
VP, Shared Services

Heidi Cox

HKS
CIO

Sandeep Dave

CBRE
Chief Digital and Technology Officer

Carissa De Santis

Brix Holdings
Chief Information Officer

Ashley Denison

Caliber Collision Centers
CIO

Zubair Faiz

Airrosti
Chief Information Officer

Larry Freed

Overhead Door Corporation
CIO

Varun Gadhok

Surgery Partners
CIO

Renee Galitis

Triumph Bancorp
EVP & CIO

Don Goin

Texas Capital Bank
CIO

Nate Graham

EnLink Midstream
VP of IT & CIO

Chris Holm

Perot Investments
CIO

David Horton

University of Oklahoma
Senior Associate VP & CIO

Kevin Iwersen

Tyler Technologies
Chief Information Officer

Ed Jolly

General Datatech
Chief Information Officer

Anthony Jones

Raytheon Technologies
VP and CIO

Todd Kackley

Bell
EVP & CIO

Harsh Kalra

BMO Harris
CIO, Vehicle & Equipment Finance

Ebele Kemery

JPMorgan Chase
Managing Director, Public Cloud Transformation Office

Rusty Kennington

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
CIO

Gopal Kesavan

USAA
Head of Bill Pay, Payments Technology

Janya Kieffer

Austin Industries
CIO

Ajoy Kodali

CVS
SVP & CIO, Pharmacy Services

Ray Kunik

Resideo
Chief Digital Officer

Jamie Lee

Ecobat
CIO

Scott Lindblom

Bed Bath & Beyond
CTO

Jyoti Lynch

European Wax Center
CIO

Aaron Ravi Malick

Box
Global CIO

Lucy Mariappa

International Leadership of Texas
CIO

Bill Mcdonald

WIS International
CIO

Nimesh Mehta

National Life Group
CIO

Bobby Mukundan

CVS
SVP, CIO Enterprise Technology

Mark Overton

Greyhound
SVP & CIO

Himanshu Parikh

Foot Locker
Fmr Global CIO

Pankaj Patra

Brinker International
CIO, SVP

Russ Pearlman

Creighton University
CIO, VP of IT

Rajiv Pillai

Wipro
CIO, Americas

Dalia Powers

Humana
SVP & CIO, Digital & Data Platforms

Sameer Purao

Celanese
VP & CIO

Rajeev Rai

SRS Distribution
EVP & CTO

Urvi Randhar

Cardinal Health
CTO

Bob Rayes

Corgan Associates
CIO

Michele Rodgers

Exeter Finance
CIO

Brian Rook

Suntex Marinas
Chief Digital Officer

Robert Rosen

Arcosa
CIO

Mike Santimaw

Mode Transportation
SVP, Chief Digital Officer

Kevin Scott

PGA of America
Chief Technology Officer

Barry Shurkey

NTT Data, Inc
Chief Information Officer

Mark Stone

Texas A&M University System
CIO

Jon Summers

AT&T
CIO, Technology & Operations

Gertrude Van Horn

NCH
CIO

Mohan Vijayagopal

Sun Life
CIO

Walter Wilinsky

Leonardo DRS
VP & CIO

Scott Willett

The University of Texas System
Asst Vice Chancellor & CTO

Joe Wilson

Workday
CTO, Americas

Adam Zeitsiff

Fitness International | LA Fitness | City Sports Club
CIO

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Upcoming Programs

VIRTUAL

June 20, 2023 | 1 hour

Dallas CIO Town Hall

Keeping Pace with the Business through AIOps

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

September 6, 2023 | an evening

Dallas CIO Inner Circle

Riders Field

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

November 14, 2023 | 1 day

Dallas CIO Executive Summit

Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel

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

Content from your CIO peers

TOWN HALL INSIGHTS | JUNE 7, 2023

Integrating Threat Hunting in Your Multi-Layered Defense Strategy

Advanced threats take up valuable time and manpower for IT and security teams, so what can CIOs and CISOs do to manage threat intelligence? CIOs and CISOs in Seattle gathered to discuss how to protect their organizations from vulnerabilities, build a threat-hunting roadmap, and provide visibility about threats internally. These are their takeaways.

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BLOG | MAY 29, 2023

Navigating the Digital Future to Accelerate Transformation

Across our CIO and CISO communities, executives report that digital business and data and analytics are within their top 10 objectives, with digital talent closely behind. CIOs and CISOs in the Vancouver, BC community gathered recently at an Inner Circle Dinner to discuss the vital role data plays in the digital age – these are their takeaways.

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LEADERSHIP PROFILE | MAY 22, 2023

Leading Digital Strategy & Transformation at Perdue Farms

Perdue Farms SVP and CIO Mark Booth was hired at Perdue three years ago to bring a strategic focus to IT, which included driving their digital transformation. Read about his approach to digital business and how his team is evolving the 103-year old company in a strategic way.