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New Jersey CIO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CIOs in the New Jersey community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
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
New Jersey CIO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the New Jersey CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs
Roota Almeida
Delta Dental of New Jersey
CISO
Lookman Fazal
NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer
Zouhair Guelzim
L'Oreal
VP & CISO
Warren Kudman
Turner Construction
SVP & Chief Information Officer
Hussein Syed
RWJBarnabas Health
Chief Information Security Officer
Gabrielle Wolfson
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Senior VP & Chief Information & Chief Digital Officer
Members
Cherif Amirat
IEEE
Chief Information Officer
Sandeep Bajaj
Everest Re Group
CIO & CDO
Damu Bashyam
Columbia Bank
EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer - New Jersey
Eric Craig
Fareportal
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
Roopesh Das
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions
SVP, Digital Acceleration & Innovation
Mark Eimer
Hackensack Meridian Health
SVP CTO & Co-Interim CIO
Kevin Gokey
Church & Dwight
Vice President & Global Chief Information Officer
Jon Harding
Conair
Global CIO
Faisal Jameel
NJ Transit
Chief Technology Officer
Larry Jones
Johnson & Johnson
VP & Group CIO, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices
Dutt Kalluri
Broadridge
Senior Vice President, Office of CIO
John Kavak
County of Chester
CIO
Justin Lahullier
Delta Dental of New Jersey
CIO
Andrew Laudato
Vitamin Shoppe Inc
Executive Vice President - Chief Technology Officer
Mario Maffie
Mars
Global Business Services CIO, Vice President
Paul Marabella
K. Hovnanian Enterprises
Chief Information Officer
Richard Martin
PepsiCo Inc
Senior IT Director & Global BRM - Procurement Technologies
Bruce Mathews
Resideo
CIO
Danielle Maurici-Arnone
Reckitt Benckiser
Chief Information Officer, North America
Jason McKay
Riggs Distler
CIO & VP Business Process
Venkata Modugula
Construction Specialties
Chief Information Officer
John Mooney
Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc
CIO
Adam Noble
Veritiv
SVP & Global CIO
Ritesh Patel
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
Chief Digital Officer
Tej Patel
Stevens Institute of Technology
VP IT/CIO
John Repko
AIG
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer
Michael Salas
SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
Chief Information and Digital Officer
Mark Smith
American Water Works
VP & Head of Technology Enablement
Gopal Srinivasan
Chubb
VP Strategic & Transformation Programs
Neal Stephen
TD Bank Group
CIO - Head of Retail Banking Technology
Scott Strickland
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
Chief Information Officer
Agam Upadhyay
GSK
SVP, CTO
Vic Verma
International Flavors & Fragrances
SVP & Global Chief Information Officer
Steve Wrenn
Johnson & Johnson
Group CIO, Global Supply Chain
"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
October, 2021
New Jersey CIO Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
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Virtual Programs
June 17, 2021
New Jersey 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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Content from your CIO peers
PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021
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.
LISTEN NOWBLOG | APRIL 5, 2021
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.
VIEW POSTBLOG | MARCH 31, 2021
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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