2015 Rings in with New CIOs at Caterpillar, Hallmark and more The new year tends to herald some major new appointments, and 2015 is no different. PR Newswire Caterpillar announced that effective January 1st, Julie Lagacy would become the company’s Chief Information Officer and vice president with responsibility for the Global Information Services Division. Julie has more than 26 years with the company. Hallmark Cards announced the appointment of Evon Jones as Senior VP, Technology & Business Enablement. Jones will serve in a CIO capacity and will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the company’s IT strategies as well as overseeing ERP. PepsiCo has recently appointed Majed Sarieddine Senior Vice President & CIO, PepsiCo Corporate & Global Functions. He previously held the role of SVP & CIO, PepsiCo Asia, Middle East, Africa. Koch Industries recently promoted Lori Hotzel from Director, Business Applications to Chief Information Officer for Koch Business Solutions. Transportation giant, C.H. Robinson, named longtime CFO Chad Lindbloom as CIO, effective January 1st, with the retirement of Thomas Mahlke. Chad will retain CFO responsibilities until a replacement is found. WPP’s GroupM has appointed David Michael as Chief Information Officer in North America. The position is new and the firm said it would strengthen the company’s information technology operations. If you have CIO job news to share, please get in touch with me! Till next time- Martha Related content interview Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like The CTO, CSO, and head of software engineering and operations knows firsthand that a successful move to the cloud is all about changing the culture and replacing on-prem’s sunk cost mentality with incentivized FinOps. By Martha Heller May 31, 2023 8 mins Technology Industry IT Strategy Cloud Computing interview Accenture’s Penelope Prett on the predictive value of data The chief information, data, and analytics officer at the $61 billion consulting firm contends that the true power of data resides in the predictive capabilities that come from interconnections between different data domains. By Martha Heller May 17, 2023 7 mins Chief Data Officer Predictive Analytics Data Management feature New US CIO appointments, May 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller May 10, 2023 22 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership feature GlobalFoundries overhauls its process owner model to drive transformation CDO Brad Clay spearheaded a new global business process ownership model to help fuel the semiconductor manufacturer’s transformation from a high-volume commodity business to a high-value one. By Martha Heller Apr 26, 2023 6 mins Business Process Management Digital Transformation 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