Sun Microsystems promoted its CIO Bill Vass (at left) to president and COO of the company’s subsidiary, Sun Microsystems Federal. Vass succeeds John Marselle, who is retiring after 20-years with Sun. Replacing Vass in the CIO role is Vass’s VP of IT, Robert Worrall (at right, below.) Worrall was selected as one of CIO’s Ones to Watch this year. Beleaguered food distributor Nash Finch Co. named Calvin S. Sihilling EVP and CIO last week. Sihilling is responsible for overseeing process development and controls across the company, in addition to IT. He comes to the Minneapolis-based company from AmeriCold Logistics, where he was responsible for IT, transportation, project support, and the company’s national service center. During his five-year enture as AmeriCold’s CIO, Sihilling, improved transportation programs and turned around underperforming areas of the company. Prior to AmeriCold, he was CIO of the Eastern Region of Richfood Holdings/SuperValu for three years. In the ten years prior, he was vice president of information systems at Alex Lee Inc. Pacific Capital Bancorp fired its CIO. Kristen Blum is the new CIO at Abercrombie & Fitch. She replaced Roger Coville. CompuCredit CIO Guido Sacchi was appointed to the board of directors of the Technology Association of Georgia. Public CIO reports that non-profit Public Technology Institute elected Tallahassee, Fla. CIO Don DeLoach to its board of directors. 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