Dallas 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

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 Information Officer & Head of Strategy

Mike Anderson

Netskope
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Madhuri Andrews

Jacobs
EVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer

Paola Arbour

Tenet Health
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Nellson Burns

Daltile
VP of Information Services

Vipin Gupta

Toyota Financial Services
Chief Information Officer

Kim Mackenroth

Textron
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Members

Chris Akeroyd

Children's Health
VP/CTO

Scott Albright

Interstate Batteries
CIO

Chris Andrews

Smoothie King
Chief Information Officer

John Applegate

KPMG North America
Global Chief Information Officer

Jim Ashley

Ben E. Keith
SVP, Information Services & CIO

John Barrow

Builders FirstSource
SVP, CIO

Gurshaman Baweja

Texas Instruments
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

John Biegel

DJO
Chief Information Officer

Matt Bieri

Tyler Technologies
VP & CIO

Andrew Brock

Associa
EVP, CIO

Brandon Brown

Laredo Petroleum
Vice President & CIO

Mike Bullock

Texas Rangers
VP, IT

Barry Carter

RealPage
CIO

Brent Cerka

Warren Equipment
Chief Information Officer

Steve Ciske

Essilor of America
CTO of Commercial Solutions

Carol Clements

YUM! Brands
Chief Information Officer, Pizza Hut - US

Sandeep Dave

CBRE
Chief Digital and Technology Officer

Ashley Denison

Caliber Collision Centers
CIO

Heidi Dial

HKS
CIO

Matt Emery

AZZ
Chief Information Officer

Zubair Faiz

Healthcare Highways
Chief Information Officer

Nancy Flores

McKesson Corporation
Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Chief Technology Officer

Larry Freed

Overhead Door
CIO

James French

Transplace
Chief Technology Officer

Varun Gadhok

Surgery Partners
CIO

Renee Galitis

Caliber Home Loans
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Chris Holm

The Perot Companies
CIO

JP Hurtado

Dave & Buster's
CIO

Todd Kackley

Bell Flight
EVP & Chief Information Officer

Rusty Kennington

Corsicana Mattress
CIO

Janya Kieffer

Acme Brick
VP of IT

Manoj Kumbhat

Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Global Chief Information Officer

Jamie Lee

Ecobat
CIO

Maya Leibman

American Airlines
EVP & CIO

Scott Lindblom

Bed Bath & Beyond
CTO

Andrew Macaulay

TopGolf
CTO

Mike McCranie

Interstate Batteries
CIO

Steve McLaurin

Denbury Resources
CIO

Nimesh Mehta

National Life Group
CIO

Sudhir Nair

loanDepot
Chief Information and Technology Officer

Jo-ann Olsovsky

Salesforce
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Mark Overton

Greyhound
SVP & CIO

Himanshu Parikh

Foot Locker
Global CIO

Sameer Purao

Celanese
VP & CIO

Rajeev Rai

Wynn Resorts
Chief Information Officer

Bob Rayes

Corgan Associates
CIO

Michele Rodgers

Exeter Finance
Chief Information Officer

Brian Rook

DynCorp International
CIO

Robert Rosen

Arcosa
Corporate Vice President, Information Technology

John Rosenbaum

Employbridge
Chief Information Officer

Mike Santimaw

Rent-A-Center
SVP, CIO

Kevin Scott

PGA of America
Head of Technology

Neelu Sethi

Reddy Ice Holdings
SVP, Chief Information Officer

Barry Shurkey

NTT Data
Chief Information Officer

Mark Stone

Texas A&M University System
SCIO

Gertrude Van Horn

NCH
CIO

Robert Walden

Epsilon
CIO

Walter Wilinsky

Leonardo DRS
VP & CIO

Scott Willett

The University of Texas System
Executive Director

"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 9, 2021

Dallas CIO Executive Summit

Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria

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

December 8, 2021

Dallas CIO Inner Circle

La Cima Club

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

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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