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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.
- Seizing momentum – influencing and leading the enterprise
- Thriving through uncertainty - empowering people and delivering value
- Advancing and scaling strategic, outcome-based technologies
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
University of California - Office of the President
CTO, Office of the President
Tom Rodden
Varian Medical Systems
SVP & CIO
Avi Sokol
KLA
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Members
Madhuri Adettiwar
GE Healthcare
Global Head, SaaS Transformation
Laiq Ahmad
GE Power
CTO (GE Power Digital)
William Allison
University of California - Berkeley
CTO
Ahsan Baig
AC Transit
CIO
Prith Banerjee
ANSYS
Chief Technology Officer
Kim Barrier
Amy's Kitchen
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
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
Narendra Dhara
ALTEN Calsoft Labs
CTO & SVP, Cloud Infrastructure
Douglas East
Department of Energy - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
CIO
Abbas Faiq
Imperva
Chief Information Officer
Bob Genchi
Scale Venture Partners
Vice President IT
Linda Gerull
City and County of San Francisco, CA
CIO
Jay Ghosh Dastidar
VSP Global
Sr. Global Director of Technology
Jon Gjestvang
Napa County, CA
CIO
Mike Heuer
Therma
Chief Information Officer
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
Monica Khurana
Dodge & Cox
Associate Chief Technology Officer
Dan Krantz
Keysight Technologies
VP & CIO
Jonas Kriks
ATEL Capital Group
CIO
Sudhir Kumar
The Wine Group
Chief Technology Officer
Rashmi Kumar
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
SVP & CIO
Gopa Kumar
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
EVP & 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
Liza Massey
Marin County, CA
Chief Information Officer
William Miller
NetApp
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
Erik Molitor
Bio-Rad Laboratories
VP, CIO
Deb Muro
El Camino Health
Chief Information Officer
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
Archana Rao
Atlassian
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, CPO & EVP, Global Security, Facilities, Quality and Internal Audit
Snehashish Sarkar
Varian Medical Systems
VP, Business Transformation Office and Acting CIO
Amit Sharan
LiveRamp
Global Head of Business Technology
Pranab Sinha
Genesys
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Allan Smith
Peet's Coffee & Tea
CIO
Shawn Smith
Stanford University
CTO, Residential & Dining Enterprises (RDE)
Jacob Sorensen
Bank of the West
CIO
Sanjay Srivastava
Genpact
Chief Digital Officer
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
Toast
Chief Information Officer
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
Gerald Yerardi
University of California - Berkeley
Associate CIO, UC IT Client Services
"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
San Francisco CIO Inner Circle
An evening with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
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November, 2021
San Francisco CIO Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
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Virtual Programs
May 11, 2021
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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June 24, 2021
San Francisco CIO Virtual Town Hall
San Francisco CIO Virtual Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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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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