Appointments include JPMorgan Chase, JC Penney, and SAP Dana Deasy will join JPMorgan Chase & Co. this December as CIO. Deasy previously was appointed CIO at BP Plc. in 2007 and prior to that was the CIO at General Motors Co.’s North America unit. Deasy replaces Guy Chiarello, who left the company earlier this year to become President at First Data Corp. J.C. Penney Co. promoted its former SVP of Business Solutions, Scott Laverty, to CIO. According to the Wall Street Journal, “J.C. Penney Co.’s decision to fill its top IT job from within, instead of with a Silicon Valley insider, hints at the company’s wish to return to what it sees as retail fundamentals.” J.C. Penny’s former CIO, Kristin Blum, left the company in June. SAP America promoted 18-year veteran Bjorn Goerke as CIO and the head of the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud organization. Goerke reports directly to Gerhard Oswald, an SAP AG executive board member, and replaced Oliver Bussman, who left the company earlier this year. Former Sysco Corporation CIO, Twila Day, joined Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting as a Managing Director in the Houston office. Day brings more than 25 years of experience leveraging IT to create competitive advantages for businesses. While at Sysco, she led IT strategic planning efforts for over 10 years. Day currently holds leadership positions on the boards of directors of Women and Foodservice Forum and Genesys Works Houston. David A. Chandler joined PMA Companies, a risk management solutions provider, as CIO. Chandler reports directly to John Santulli III, Executive Vice President, Risk Services and Sales. Before he joined PMA companies, Chandler was VP of IS for Key Risk, a workers’ compensation insurer and third-party claims administrator. Brocade Communications, a networking and storage solutions provider headquartered in San Jose, appointed Ari Bose to CIO. Previously, Bose held CIO-level positions at various communication and networking companies such as Polycomm, UTStarcomm, and 3Com. Ericsson Group hired Anders Thulin as SVP Business Excellence and CIO. Prior, Thulin gained more than 20 years of experience in high-tech, IT and telecom at MckInsey & Company. Thulin reports to Hans Vestberg, President and CEO. Until 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