Connect with a local community of like-minded peers who share similar challenges and priorities. Access the collective expertise of CIOs from diverse experiences, backgrounds and industries. Members of the community come together several times a year to connect with each other, exchange ideas and best practices, and validate strategies and solutions.
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A regional Governing Body leads the Seattle CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Lutz Beck
Daimler Truck North America
CIO
Charu Jain
Alaska Airlines
SVP, Merchandising & Innovation
Laurent Rotival
Cambia Health Solutions
EVP & CIO
Magic Leap
CIO
OHSU
SVP & CIO
Seattle Children's
SVP & Chief Digital Officer and CIO
ConMet
VP, IT
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chief Digital Officer
Carrix
VP & CIO
Snohomish County
CIO & Director, IT
Columbia Bank
EVP, Chief Digital Officer
King County Housing Authority
VP, IT & CIO
Sound Transit
Chief Information Officer
PACCAR
VP & CIO
Washington State Department of Transportation
CIO & Director, Technology Services
Flow
CIO
Kaiser Permanente
VP & CIO, Ambulatory Operations
Clearwater Paper
VP & CIO
WaFd Bank
SVP & CIO
Virtual
Seattle CIO & CISO Community Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
In-Person
Daniel's Broiler - Downtown Seattle
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
In-Person
Grand Hyatt Seattle
Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.
In-Person
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
In-Person
Grand Hyatt Seattle
Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your membership is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
As CIOs across our communities prepare for another year of peer-driven programs, IT leaders are sharing their priorities, opportunities and challenges through annual surveys and interviews. Here, we explore three themes that are emerging as top focus areas for CIOs in 2026.
View PostAt the Atlanta CIO Community Executive Summit, Equifax EVP and CTO Jamil Farshchi led a keynote session on aligning IT and security to drive innovation. Jamil shared strategies for building this alignment, overcoming misconceptions about security and enabling early integration between IT and security. Here, Jamil shares some key takeaways from the session.
View PostAccording to Ryan Snyder, SVP and CIO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, CIOs should focus on the parts of their businesses that require comprehensive AI transformation to best measure the ROI of AI. Snyder explored this topic at the Global CIO Community Executive Summit, and here, he shares highlights from the session, including strategies for accurately assessing the ROI of AI.
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