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St. Louis CIO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CIOs in the St. Louis 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
St. Louis CIO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the St. Louis CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs
Joe Caro
Post Holdings
CIO
Kevin Hardcastle
Washington University in St. Louis
Associate Chief Information Security Officer
Dan Henke
Mercy
VP, CISO
Stacy Mill
State of Kansas
Chief Technology Officer
Matt Modica
BJC HealthCare
CISO
Shri Ramachandran
Boston Scientific
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Members
Christy Barker
Olin
Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Brett Barton
Sense Corp
Managing Director, Finance and CIO
Jim Cavellier
Cass Information Systems
EVP & CIO
Renea Daesch
Barry-Wehmiller
VP, Global Information Technology
Kevin Dana
World Wide Technology
CIO
Jerry Fox
BJC HealthCare
CIO
Aaron Geiger
Alberici
CTO
David Hakanson
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Vice President & CIO
Tom Henry
Schnucks Markets
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Steve Kappel
Safety National
VP & CIO
Michelle Kaufman
Distribution Management
Vice President of Technology
Karanja Kiburi
Caleres
Vice President, IT - Operations and Architecture
Gerry Lewis
Ascension
Senior Vice President & CIO
Dan McCarthy
Energizer Holdings
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
John Meister
Panera Bread
SVP & CIO
David Meyer
Graybar Electric Company
CIO, VP IT
Chris Moore
Bayer Corporation
VP IT
Margie Muthukumaru
Webster University
Chief Information Officer
Mark Nadler
TKC Holdings
VP – Corporate IT
Mike Neale
American State Bank and Trust
CIO
JK Pareek
Nidec
VP, Global IT and CIO
Aman Raheja
Humana
SVP CISO & Head of IT Operations
Brandon Ray
The Boeing Co
Business Operations Manager
Sabine Roduit
Nestle USA
SVP and Head of IT North America
Teresa Sanzottera
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Vice President and CIO
Christoph Schmidt
CSI Leasing
SVP & CIO
Subbu Subramanian
American Railcar Industries, Inc.
CIO
Jeffrey Wann
State of Missouri
Chief Information Officer
Pete Williams
TKC Holdings
Director of Data Services & Business Intelligence
Lina Young
Peabody Energy Corporation
SVP, CIO
"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
December 14, 2021
St. Louis CIO Executive Summit
Four Seasons St. Louis
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
Learn More
Virtual Programs
May 20, 2021
St. Louis 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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