Two long-tenured CIOs announce their retirements Succeeding an award-winning, long-tenured CIO is a double edged sword. Chances are good that the successor will inherit well run operations and a strong team, and get right to the innovation and high value work. But at the same time, it can be tough for the successor of a beloved CIO to chart his or her own path. Such are the challenges confronting two new CIOs, hired as a result of two major CIO retirements, announced this month. Procter & Gamble’s CIO, FilippoPasserini, will retire in June 2015 after more than 30 years of service. Replaceing Passerini as CIO is Linda Clement-Holmes, who previously acted as P&G’s global Information & Decision Solutions Officer. Last week, Ford Motor Company announced big changes to its C-suite, including the retirement of the company’s CIO, Nick Smither who was with the company for 34 years. Succeeding Smither will be Marcy Klevorn, previously Ford’s Europe CIO. She will report to CEO Mark Fields. CHS Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods business, named veteran enterprise IT strategist David Black the company’s CIO in October. Black joins CHS from Monsanto where most recently was VP, IT, responsible for its global business operations. According to Cathy Hotka’s “The Insider” newsletter, David Sondergeld has been promoted to VP of IT and CIO at Gymboree. Previously, he was the company’s VP of Applications, and before that, Senior Director of Product Management for Walmart Global eCommerce. Delhaize America announced today that Michael Laurenti will join Delhaize America as CIO and a member of the Delhaize America Leadership Team on Nov. 17, 2014. Laurenti previously served as CIO for Belk Department Stores. He succeeds Deb Dixson who announced her retirement from Delhaize America earlier this year. DocuSign, Inc. announced that Eric Johnson, former SVP and CIO at Informatica, has joined the company. Johnson will serve as DocuSign’s CIO and member of the company’s executive leadership team, reporting to COO Gordon Payne Cubic Corporation announced the appointment of Jan Marshall as VP and CIO responsible for delivering a broad range of IT initiatives. Marshall comes to Cubic with nearly 40 years of experience .Most recently, Marshall founded jlm Coaching and Consulting, an executive coaching and consultancy firm focused on transformational leadership and guidance of IT organizations. Before that, she served as CIO at Southwest Airlines from 2006 to 2012. Related content feature We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat. By Martha Heller Nov 15, 2023 7 mins CIO Software Deployment Marketing feature New US CIO appointments, November 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Nov 08, 2023 9 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe