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Rita Fisher
Reynolds Consumer Products
CIO & EVP, Supply Chain
Ron Guerrier
Save the Children
CTO
Laura Kohl
Morningstar
CIO
Mike Parisi
ITW
VP & CIO
Jane Possell
CNA
EVP & CIO, Analytics and Operations
Gagan Singh
Ascension
CIO
Tom South
Northern Trust
CIO
Littelfuse
SVP & Chief Digital and IT Officer
Pactiv Evergreen
CIO
VelocityEHS
CIO
University of Chicago
AVP & CIO
Unite Here Health
CIO & Security Officer
DeVry University
CIO
SRAM
CIO
Sammons Financial Group
CIO
UL Solutions
CIO
Ventas
SVP & CIO
Potbelly Sandwich Works
SVP & CIO
TransUnion
International CIO
Kellanova
CIO, North America
Chicago Public Schools
CITO
Marathon Cheese Corporation
CIO
DFIN Solutions
EVP & CIO
Aetna
SVP & Chief Digital and Technology Officer
COUNTRY Financial
SVP & CIO
The Marmon Group
VP, Global IT
William Blair & Company
Head of Central Technology
Molex
Chief Digital Officer
BradyPLUS
CIO
U.S. Renal Care
CIO
Water Street
VP, Technology
Echo Global Logistics
CIO
SAC Wireless
VP, IT & Cybersecurity
U.S. Bank
CIO & EVP, Wealth Management, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking
Primient
CIO
Roosevelt University
CIO
Grainger
CTO
Tropicana Brands Group
Global CIO
MYR Group
VP, IT
Simmons Bank
EVP & CIO
American Medical Association
SVP & CIO
Ulta Beauty
Chief Technology & Information Officer
Commonwealth Edison Co
CIO
First Student
CIO
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
VP, IT
Mars
VP & Chief Enterprise Architect
Cars.com
VP, Enterprise Platform Engineering
Walton Street Capital
CTO
Madison Air
CIO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
DSVP & CTO
Zurich Insurance
VP, Global Business & Technology Solutions
Duravant
CIO
State of Illinois
Chief Information Officer
Byline Bank
SVP & CIO
Conagra Brands
CIO
Brunswick
SVP & CIO
Foundever
Global CIO
Dover
VP, IT
UBS
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Canada, Latin America and Caribbean
Ryerson
CIO
Advantage Solutions
Chief Digital Officer
White Lodging
CIO
Regional Transportation Authority
CIO
Elevance Health
VP & CIO, Government Business
Aon
Global Chief Information Officer
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Fostering a Digital Native Mindset to Cybersecurity
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Strategic AI at Scale — Building Cost-Efficient, Portable Workloads
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Chicago CIO Town Hall
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Joe's Live
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Driving Business Impact and Outcomes with Digital Employee Experience
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Throughout his tenure as a CIO, Piero Azzalini, Group CIO at Fincantieri, has embraced all aspects of the CIO role, especially innovation. Here, Piero shares more about his career path, his current focus on AI, and about a pioneering application for physical AI and robotics at Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world.
READ ARTICLEDespite the rapid advancements in AI, enterprises are still challenged by scaling AI effectively and integrating it seamlessly into existing workflows. Recently, CIOs and CISOs in our Middle East Communities gathered for a Town Hall discussion on how to scale GenAI across the enterprise – these are their takeaways.
READ ARTICLEIn early April 2025, we surveyed nearly 700 C-level executives about their insights on the current VUCA environment and the strategic shifts they are implementing in response. Here, we outline nine key trends from the survey, including the unique impact the VUCA environment has on each function.
