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San Francisco CIO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CIOs in the San Francisco 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.
- Investing in your people and the right technologies
- Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models
- Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes
San Francisco CIO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the San Francisco CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs
Opinder Bawa
University of San Francisco
VP & CIO
Kevin Cornish
Covered California
Chief Information Officer
Prakash Kota
Autodesk
CIO
Tom Rodden
Varian Medical Systems
SVP & CIO
Avi Sokol
KLA
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Members
Madhuri Adettiwar
GE Power
Chief Digital Officer
Laiq Ahmad
GE Power
CTO (GE Power Digital)
William Allison
University of California - Berkeley
CTO
Elena Andreadakis
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
SVP & CIO
Vipin Arora
Hilmar Cheese
Head, Information Services
Ahsan Baig
AC Transit
CIO
Prith Banerjee
ANSYS
Chief Technology Officer
Kim Barrier
Amy's Kitchen
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Ishwar Bharbhari
Yamaha
Director, IT
Andrew Bray
Dialog Semiconductor
Vice President, Global Information Technology
Herman Brown
City and County of San Francisco District Attorney Office
CIO
Giridhar Chodavarapu
Omnicell
VP & CIO
Chris Clark
Levi Strauss & Co.
SVP & CIO
John Cramer
California Department of Community Services & Development
CIO
Christopher Desautel
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
Chief Digital Officer
Douglas East
Department of Energy - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
CIO
Bob Genchi
Scale Venture Partners
Vice President IT
Linda Gerull
City and County of San Francisco, CA
CIO
Jay Ghosh Dastidar
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Global Director of Technology
Jon Gjestvang
Napa County, CA
CIO
Mike Heuer
Blackhawk Network
Senior Director, Global Head of Corporate IT
Craig Holland
Conde Nast Publications
SVP, Digital Technology
Arthur Hu
Lenovo
SVP & CIO
Bill Hudson
John Muir Health
VP & Associate CIO
Malcolm Jack
Granite Construction
Chief Information Officer
Umang Jain
Zovio
Chief Technology Officer
Dan Krantz
Keysight Technologies
VP & CIO
Jonas Kriks
ATEL Capital Group
CIO
Gopa Kumar
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
EVP & CIO
Rashmi Kumar
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
SVP & CIO
Sunny Lakhmani
City and County of San Francisco, CA
CTO
Matt Lamb
Rosendin Electric
Chief Information Officer
Ratnakar Lavu
Nike
Global Chief Digital Information Officer
Rob Lloyd
City of San Jose, CA
CIO
Maria MacGunigal
City of Sacramento, CA
CIO
Liza Massey
Marin County, CA
Chief Information Officer
William Miller
NetApp
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
Erik Molitor
Bio-Rad Laboratories
VP, CIO
Faisal Mushtaq
Sleep Number
Chief Technology Officer
Gaja Nagarajan
eHealth
Head of IT
Amith Nair
Vituity
CIO
Andy Nallappan
Broadcom
Vice President & Chief Information Officer (Global IT)
Andrew Peterson
City of Oakland, CA
Chief Information Technology Officer (CIO/CTO)
Alan Pye
Advanced Micro Devices
Chief Information Officer
Carrie Rasmussen
The Save Mart Companies
Chief Information Officer
Deepika Rayala
Yext
SVP, CIO
Anne Marie Richard
University of California - Berkeley
Associate CIO and Director of Student Affairs IT
Michael Robinson
Shutterfly
Chief Information Officer
Paul Robles
Stanford University
CIO, R&D Enterprises
Nick Roethel
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Director, Technology Services
Steven Salaets
Rimini Street
CIO & Executive Vice President Global Security, Management Systems and Internal Audit
Amit Sharan
LiveRamp
Global Head of Business Technology
Pranab Sinha
Genesys
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Shawn Smith
Stanford University
CTO, Residential & Dining Enterprises (RDE)
Allan Smith
Peet's Coffee & Tea
CIO
Jacob Sorensen
Bank of the West
CIO
Saket Srivastava
Square
Head of Business Technology
Srini Tanikella
SMART Modular
Vice President Information Technology
Mallik Tatipamula
Ericsson
CTO, Group Function Technologies & Architechtures
Sean Thakkar
San Mateo County, CA
Deputy CIO
Uy Ut
Accel
CIO
Kiran Vankamamidi
Driscoll's
Group Vice President and CIO
Anisha Vaswani
Box
Corporate CIO
Michael Vedda
Nevro
Vice President, IT/CIO
Milind Wagle
Equinix
Chief Information Officer
Lisa Walton
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Chief Technology Officer
Jon Walton
San Mateo County, CA
CIO
Dave Weinmeister
Foster Farms
CIO
Patrick Wilson
Contra Costa Health Services
CIO/CISO
Eric Yablonka
Stanford Health Care
Chief Information Officer
Gerald Yerardi
University of California - Berkeley
Associate CIO, UC IT Client Services
Upcoming Events
Virtual Programs
October 6, 2020
San Francisco CIO Virtual Town Hall
Getting Comfortable with the Imperfect State
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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October 15, 2020
Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit
A virtual gathering for CIOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.
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October 27, 2020
San Francisco CIO Virtual Boardroom
San Francisco CIO Virtual Boardroom
An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.
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November 4, 2020
San Francisco CIO Virtual Town Hall
Virtual Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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December 9, 2020
San Francisco CIO Virtual Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, half-day virtual program with new connections and actionable insights.
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"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
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