San Francisco CIO Community

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Join a powerful network of C-level peers

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.

Join your local community for exclusive access to:

Programs
  • Participate in year-round gatherings both in person and virtually with your local peer group
  • Engage in unparalleled collaboration through in-depth discussions on the most critical and relevant issues
  • Network with like-minded peers facing the same challenges as you
Insights
  • Exchange ideas, strategies and solutions validated by peers
  • Gain exclusive access to community insights, including best practices and survey results, to benchmark your organization with others
  • Learn how other leaders approached their challenges by leveraging peer-recommended partners
Connections
  • Make new connections through facilitated networking opportunities, including curated 1:1 peer meetings
  • Grow and enhance your career through an exclusive network and mentorship
  • Build lasting relationships and stay connected with peers and colleagues

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.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Anantha Ganga

Coherent
CIO

Pallavi Gupta

Impossible Foods Inc.
CIO & Global Head of Information and Technology

Monica Khurana

Dodge & Cox
CIO & CTO

Geeta Pyne

TIAA
Senior Managing Director & Chief Architect

Avi Sokol

KLA
SVP & CIO

Evan Wayne

World Market
CIO

Governing Body Members

Stephane Adam

Hilmar Cheese
VP, IT

Brian Alikhani

International Union Of Operating Engineers
CIO

Bill Allison

University of California - Berkeley
CTO

Ahsan Baig

AC Transit
CIO

Kim Barrier

Graton Resort & Casino
VP & CIO

Opinder Bawa

University of San Francisco
VP & CIO

Andrew Bray

Renesas Electronics
VP, Global IT

Herman Brown

City and County of San Francisco, CA
CIO

Kevin Cornish

Covered California
CIO

Ken Cushman

Pinterest
Head of IT

Hira Dangol

Bank of America
VP, AI/ML

Lisa Davis

Blue Shield of California
EVP & CIO

Christopher Desautel

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
Chief Digital Officer

Tzvetana Duffy

Planet
CIO & Head of Corporate Engineering

Jae Sook Evans

Oracle
Global CIO and EVP

Abbas Faiq

Thales Cloud Security
CIO

Michelle Geddes

City and County of San Francisco, CA
CIO, Department of Emergency Management

Jon Gjestvang

Napa County, CA
CIO

Mike Heuer

Legence
CIO

Arthur Hu

Lenovo
SVP, Global CIO & Servicesand Solutions Group CTO

Rohit Jain

iRhythm Technologies
CIO

Datta Junnarkar

The Boeing Co
CIO, Maritime

Kumud Kokal

Farmers Business Network
CIO

Kishore Kondragunta

Toyota Motor North America
VP & Head of IT

Suresh Kotha

SMUD
CIO

Dan Krantz

Keysight Technologies
CIO & GM Software Engineering

Jonas Kriks

ATEL Capital Group
CIO

Sudhir Kumar

The Wine Group
CTO

Praniti Lakhwara

Zscaler
CIO

Orlando Leon

East Bay Municipal Utility District
CIO

Ying Lu

Zoom
Head of Chat Engineering

Praveen Madhavankutty

The Save Mart Companies
CIO

Sharon Mandell

Juniper Networks
CIO

Liza Massey

Marin County, CA
CIO

Puja Mukherjee

California Fair Plan
CIO

Amith Nair

Vituity
CIO

David Noronha

State of California - California Department of Insurance
CIO

Balaji Padmanaban

ZoomInfo
VP, Enterprise Applications

Rajiv Pramanik

Contra Costa Health Services
CIO

Michael Robinson

Medallia
CIO

Joti Sidhu

Blackhawk Network
Global Head of Technology

Sriram Sitaraman

Synopsys
SVP & CIO

Thomas Squeo

Thoughtworks
Head of Enterprise Modernization, Platform & Cloud, North America

Sanjay Srivastava

Genpact
Chief Digital Officer

Cynthia Stoddard

Adobe
SVP & CIO

Srini Tanikella

SGH
VP, IT & CIO

Dominic Titcombe

Delta Dental of California
CIO

Khalid Turk

Santa Clara County, CA
Chief Healthcare Info Tech Officer

Dilip Venkatachari

U.S. Bank
Chief Information & Technology Officer, SEVP

Milind Wagle

Equinix
EVP, CIO

Dave Weinmeister

Foster Farms
CIO

Peter Young

Granite Construction
IT Director, Enterprise Architecture & Platforms


Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today.

  1. Delivering Digital Innovation to Drive Value Across the Enterprise
  2. Maximizing Existing Resources to Optimize Emerging Costs
  3. Leading the Organization Through Advanced Technology Adoption

Upcoming Programs


VIRTUAL

February 12, 2025 | 1 hour

San Francisco CIO Town Hall

San Francisco CIO Town Hall

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

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IN-PERSON

March 11, 2025 | an evening

San Francisco CIO Inner Circle

Merchants Exchange Club

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

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IN-PERSON

June 24, 2025 | 1 day

San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

Grand Hyatt at SFO

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

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IN-PERSON

November 4, 2025 | 1 day

San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

Grand Hyatt at SFO

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

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