Detroit 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

Detroit CIO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

David Behen

La-Z-Boy
VP & CIO

Richard Hook

Penske
EVP & CIO

Raman Mehta

Visteon
Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Randall Mott

General Motors
Senior VP, Global IT & Chief Information Officer

Brom Stibitz

State of Michigan
Acting Director & State CIO

Sangy Vatsa

FIS Global
EVP, Chief Technology and Digital Officer

Members

Amjed Al-Zoubi

Amerisure Insurance
Chief Information Officer

Mark Baughman

Delta Dental of Michigan
Chief Information Officer

Scott Bennett

Lear Corporation
CIO

Kevin Berch

Ford
Director, Staffs IT

Steve Berkholz

Hirotec America
GM, Information Systems

Mark Bradbury

Tenneco
VP & CIO, Powertrain Division

Jason Bressler

United Wholesale Mortgage
EVP, Chief Technology Officer

Chris Bruman

Dow
Global Director, Enterprise Systems Services

Jennifer Charters

Flagstar Bank
EVP, Chief Information Officer

Daria Colvett

Stellantis
Chief Technology Officer and Head of Business Analytics

Arif Dar

SpartanNash
SVP & CIO

Daryl Dellinger

Continental Automotive
North American CIO

Tamara Faber-Doty

CMS Energy
Chief Digital Officer & VP, Technology

Matthew Fahnestock

Dana
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Thomas Farrington

Perrigo
EVP & CIO

Kerry Flynn

Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
CIO

Rich Fusinski

H.W. Kaufman
CIO

Ash Goel

Bronson
SVP/CIO

Mark Guthrie

AM General
IS&S Director & CIO

Phil Haar

Guardian
IT Director - Strategy, Governance, Development, & Analytics

Derek Harper

Faurecia
CIO North America

Candace Hayden

Hutchinson
SVP, IT

Jim Higgins

Bedrock Manufacturing
CIO

John Hill

Carhartt
CIO & SVP, Business Planning

Ronald Hinsley

Fortis
VP, IT & CIO

William Isaacs

Detroit Medical Center
Information Systems Client Delivery Lead & Market CIO

Rajat Jain

TriMas
Director, IT

Diane Jones

University of Michigan
Executive Director, Office of the VP/CIO - IT Administration

Mike Kennedy

Gordon Food Service
EVP, CIO

David Kepczynski

GE Power
Chief Information Officer, GE Research

Anita Klopfenstein

Little Caesars
CIO

Kelly Knepley

DexKo Global
CIO

Jeff Liedel

General Motors
CIO, Corporate Development and Functions

Matt Logar

Gentherm
CIO

Tom Luttrell

Shiloh Industries
SVP Information Technology & Digital Transformation

Laura Marble

Blue Cross Blue Shield
VP & CIO - Health Plan Business

Annette Marcath

HAP
VP & CIO

Bill McCreary

The University of Toledo
Vice President CIO/CTO

Bruce Mitchell

Comerica Bank
Chief Information Officer

Tilak Mohan

Michigan Economic Development Corporation
CIO

George Molchan

Freudenberg
SVP & CIO

Steffen Mueller-Urbaniak

Ford
Director, Office of CIO

Beth Niblock

City of Detroit
CIO

Ryan Olivier

Meritor
CIO

Paul Orlando

Flagstar Bank
EVP & CIO of Mortgage Lending

Arjay Patrick

MESSA
Director - ITSS

Rachelle Putnam

General Dynamics Land Systems
Director, Information Technology

Dan Rainey

Detroit Water & Sewerage Department
CIO

Bill Rex

Kellogg's
North America, Chief Information Officer

Mike Rogers

Nexteer
CIO

Regina Salazar

Whirlpool Corporation
Vice President, GIS & CIO, Global Product Organization

Robert Sexton

Continental Structural Plastics
Director Technology & Integration

Jeff Small

Great Lakes Water Authority
CIO

Ryan Talbott

BorgWarner
CIO

Darlene Taylor

Novares
CIO

Cynthia Weaver

Walbridge
VP, Information Technology

"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 Events

In-person Programs

August, 2021

Detroit CIO Inner Circle

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

November 3, 2021

Detroit CIO Executive Summit

Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center

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

Virtual Programs

April 21, 2021

Detroit CIO Virtual Boardroom

Digital Workplace Experience in Hybrid Environments

An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.

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June 17, 2021

Detroit CIO Virtual Executive Summit

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

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October 7, 2021

Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit

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

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PAST PROGRAMS

Content from your CIO peers

PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 14

In this episode, we ask CIO Rob Zelinka of Jack Henry & Associates why change management is so hard for large organizations. We discuss change fatigue and the unrelenting pace of change, and Rob shares how communication and transparency can help business leaders crack the change management code.

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BLOG | APRIL 5, 2021

Keep on Building and Trust the Process

Do you have a negative view of the word “process”? Head of IT Gary Allwood of ABP explains how good processes enable you to demonstrate improvements, manage change and show the value of what technology delivers. Read his 3 steps to a better process.

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BLOG | MARCH 31, 2021

Who’s Answering the Next Big Question? IT Leaders Anne Marie Richard & James Dudek

On The Next Big Question podcast, we interview C-level executives about a timely business question. Here are highlights from our conversation with CIO Anne Marie Richard & Organizational Strategist James Dudek of UC-Berkeley.

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Detroit CIO Community

Gain powerful new perspectives

Invaluable network

Peer collaboration

Actionable insights

Detroit CIO Governing Body

Co-Chairs

Members

Amjed Al-Zoubi

Mark Baughman

Scott Bennett

Kevin Berch

Steve Berkholz

Mark Bradbury

Jason Bressler

Chris Bruman

Jennifer Charters

Daria Colvett

Arif Dar

Daryl Dellinger

Tamara Faber-Doty

Matthew Fahnestock

Thomas Farrington

Kerry Flynn

Rich Fusinski

Ash Goel

Mark Guthrie

Phil Haar

Derek Harper

Candace Hayden

Jim Higgins

John Hill

Ronald Hinsley

William Isaacs

Rajat Jain

Diane Jones

Mike Kennedy

David Kepczynski

Anita Klopfenstein

Kelly Knepley

Jeff Liedel

Matt Logar

Tom Luttrell

Laura Marble

Annette Marcath

Bill McCreary

Bruce Mitchell

Tilak Mohan

George Molchan

Steffen Mueller-Urbaniak

Beth Niblock

Ryan Olivier

Paul Orlando

Arjay Patrick

Rachelle Putnam

Dan Rainey

Bill Rex

Mike Rogers

Regina Salazar

Robert Sexton

Jeff Small

Ryan Talbott

Darlene Taylor

Cynthia Weaver

"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 Events

In-person Programs

August, 2021

Detroit CIO Inner Circle

Learn More

November 3, 2021

Detroit CIO Executive Summit

Learn More

Virtual Programs

April 21, 2021

Michael Smith, CIO
The Estee Lauder Companies

Bill Fortwangler, CIO
Dollar Bank

Eelko van Leeuwen, Global cio
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank