TGIF!Last month I reported that Elinor MacKinnon had been promoted to CIO at Blue Shield of California, thanks to a tip from a reader. Blue Shield put out a press release yesterday announcing MacKinnon’s promotion, so I have more info on her background. She joined Blue Shield in 2004 as vice president of application services. During her short tenure, she helped develop the organization’s three-year IT strategy and contributed to the upcoming launch of a portal that will help insurance brokers serve their clients. Prior to Blue Shield, MacKinnon served as interim CIO at flu-vaccine manufacturer Chiron. She reports to Blue Shield’s CFO Heidi Kunz. Beth Nordin joined CHS, a diversified energy, grains and food company, as its vice president of information technology. She comes to the Inver Grove Heights, Minn.-based company from Capella Education, where she was vice president of operations. Prior to Capella, Nordin worked for Pearson Education as its senior vice president of information technology and CIO. 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