San Francisco CIO Community

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

Mastering the art of change and adaptability
Accelerating high growth and a data-first mindset
Empowering talent, protecting the enterprise

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

Covered California
Chief Information Officer

Monica Khurana

Dodge & Cox
Chief Technology Officer

Prakash Kota

Autodesk
CIO

Geeta Pyne

Intuit
Chief Enterprise Architect

Avi Sokol

KLA
VP & CIO

Members

Srilekha Akula

Change Healthcare
VP of R&D

Brian Alikhani

International Union Of Operating Engineers
Chief Information Officer

Bill 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

Sashi Binani

Dropbox
Head of IT

Andrew Bray

Renesas Electronics
Vice President, Global Information Technology

Herman Brown

City and County of San Francisco District Attorney Office
CIO

Giridhar Chodavarapu

Omnicell
VP & CIO

Ken Cushman

Pinterest
Chief Information Officer

Lisa Davis

Blue Shield of California
SVP & CIO

Christopher Desautel

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
Chief Digital Officer

Douglas East

Department of Energy - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
CIO

Abbas Faiq

Imperva
Chief Information Officer

Amy Farrow

Lyft
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

Arthur Hu

Lenovo
SVP & CIO

Bill Hudson

John Muir Health
VP & Associate CIO

Malcolm Jack

Granite Construction
Chief Information Officer

Rohit Jain

iRhythm Technologies
VP, Technology, Applications and Analytics

Datta Junnarkar

The Boeing Co
CIO - Maritime

Kishore Kondragunta

Woven Planet Holdings
VP, Head of IT

Dan Krantz

Keysight Technologies
VP & CIO

Jonas Kriks

ATEL Capital Group
CIO

Rashmi Kumar

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
SVP & CIO

Sudhir Kumar

The Wine Group
Chief Technology Officer

Matt Lamb

Rosendin Electric
Chief Information Officer

Ratnakar Lavu

Nike
Global Chief Digital Information Officer

Praveen Madhavankutty

The Save Mart Companies
CIO

Sharon Mandell

Juniper Networks
Chief Information Officer

Liza Massey

Marin County, CA
Chief Information Officer

Adhir Mattu

Marvell Technology
CIO

Bill Miller

NetApp
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer

Erik Molitor

Bio-Rad Laboratories
VP, CIO

Faisal Mushtaq

Sleep Number
Chief Technology Officer

Gaja Nagarajan

eHealth
Head of IT

Amith Nair

Vituity
CIO

Sridhar Nallani

Backcountry
EVP & CIO

Audrey Parks

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
Chief Information Officer

Deepika Rayala

Cornerstone
EVP, 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
CIO (Section Director, Technology Services)

Ashish Sarkar

Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company
SVP/CIO, Head of Varian IT and Business transformation office

Trevor Schulze

Alteryx
CIO

Prabhat Sharma

PG&E
Chief Enterprise Architect

Sriram Sitaraman

Synopsys
Chief Information Officer

Shawn Smith

Stanford University
CTO, Residential & Dining Enterprises (RDE)

Allan Smith

Peet's Coffee & Tea
CIO

Jacob Sorensen

Bank of the West
CIO

Thomas Squeo

Intrado Inc.
Chief Technology Officer

Sree Sreedhararaj

Sephora
Chief Technology Officer

Sanjay Srivastava

Genpact
Chief Digital Officer

Eric Tan

Coupa
SVP, Technology

Srini Tanikella

SGH Corp
Vice President Information Technology

Mallik Tatipamula

Ericsson
CTO, Group Function Technologies & Architechtures

Dominic Titcombe

Delta Dental
CIO at Delta Dental of California

Uy Ut

Accel
CIO

Kiran Vankamamidi

Driscoll's
Group Vice President and CIO

Anisha Vaswani

Toast
Chief Information Officer

Dilip Venkatachari

U.S. Bank
Global CIO & CTO

Milind Wagle

Equinix
EVP & CIO

Evan Wayne

World Market
CIO

Dave Weinmeister

Foster Farms
CIO

Patrick Wilson

Contra Costa Health Services
CIO/CISO

"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 Programs

VIRTUAL

September 20, 2022 | 1 hour

San Francisco CIO Virtual Town Hall

Defining and Championing the Future of Digital-First Employee Experience

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

October 11 - 13, 2022 | 3 days

Global CIO Executive Summit

Waldorf Astoria Chicago

A summit for CIOs with global responsibilities to come together and discuss challenges unique to global operations.

December 6, 2022 | 1 day

San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

San Francisco Marriott Marquis

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

Content from your CIO peers

PODCAST | AUGUST 14, 2022

The Next Big Question, Episode 22

Executive Director and Digital CIO Eddy Wagoner of JLL joins the podcast to talk about how C-level leaders can address sustainability and other global concerns. Wagoner shares how to collaborate across the C-suite on global issues and why focusing on sustainability is necessary to grow and remain competitive.

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BLOG | AUGUST 8, 2022

4 Things We Learned about the War for Talent

Talent shortages. This isn’t a new problem, but the events of the past two years have escalated the situation to unprecedented heights. We asked 700 C-level executives across Evanta communities about the war for talent – here are four key learnings from the survey.

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PODCAST | AUGUST 7, 2022

The Next Big Question, Episode 21

CHRO Janice Deskus of Staples kicks off our summer podcast series by answering this big question: How should C-level executives influence the enterprise? Listen as Janice discusses how to earn a seat at the decision-making table and add your perspective and why it’s important to expand beyond your functional role.