Casagranda has been CIO at Cigna New Zealand for nearly three-and-a-half years, stepping up from national IT manager, when she stepped up to become Asia Pacific CIO.
She led Cigna NZ’s digital transformation programme, and essentially held the combined role of CIO, chief digital officer and chief technology officer.
She joined Cigna as programme manager, then became national IT manager, before becoming CIO.
The key to stepping up to any role is to have an open mind and be on a continuous learning and improvement mode, she says in an interview with CIO New Zealand.
The key to stepping up to any role is to have an open mind and be on a continuous learning and improvement mode
She has the same approach to technology.
“Technology is moving so quickly,” she says, “so be open to new ideas and building things in a way that are [of] robust quality, scalable, and completely uncoupled.”
“Managing complex change is inevitable across all sectors of business today and across all business units delivering the company’s products and services,” she says.