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by Martha Heller

Latest group of new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã appointments includes many women

Opinion
Oct 14, 2015
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In the latest installment of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Movers and Shakers, women continue to climb the ranks of IT.

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Women made up 26 percent of the professional computing workforce and held 6 percent of corporate ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã positions at the end of 2014, according to the . And the numbers continue to trend upward year over year! In this edition of Movers and Shakers, I’m please to report a higher-than-usual number of women who earned new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã positions.

Michelle McKenna-Doyle, senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for the NFL, was recently appointed to the board of directors for both Ring Central and Insperity.

Boston Private Financial Holdings announced that Kim Stevenson, ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Intel, had been appointed to their board of directors.

NASA announced that  was appointed ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Prior to joining NASA in July as the deputy ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, Wynn served 25 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

 was promoted to executive vice president of administration and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Norfolk Southern Corp.

 was promoted to vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Federal Mogul Corp. She was previously the company’s vice president of IT services.

 joined Gulfstream Aerospace as vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Bunton was ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at AGCO Corp.

 was recently promoted from vice president of infrastructure and technology operations, to senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Acxiom.

 

And on to the new male ÍæÅ¼½ã½ãs …

has been promoted to ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of GE. Previously, Jim was ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for GE Capital.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. appointed as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for its NAFTA region. He was previously director of IT at the company.

Johnson Controls promoted Jeff Augustin from VP vice president of IT, to vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã.

Veritiv Corp. announced that is now its ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Hudson was previously the chief business strategy officer and senior vice president of technology strategy for Amtrak.

is now ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with iHeartMedia. He was previously the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã od Motorola Mobility.

Chipotle Mexican Grill hired as its first ever ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, and he starts Nov. 23. Garner is presently ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Starbucks.

Aurora Health Care hired as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Simons was previously vice president of IT and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at Abbott Laboratories.

ServiceMaster promoted Jamie Smith from vice president of IT for its American Home Shield Division to ServiceMaster ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã.

Echo Global Logistics named Tim Kutz as its ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Kutz was previously with Veritiv.

Silicon Valley Bank hired as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Leone held senior IT leadership roles at Pfizer and Bank of America.

Vertafore appointed as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Magrady previously served as vice president of IT at American Express and head of network services at Zurich Insurance.

 was appointed ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at The RDI Group. He was formerly the company’s vice president of IT and business processes.

Lee Washington was named ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with ABC Financial. Washington was previously the vice president of IT for Acxiom.

If you have ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã job news job news to share (male or female), please get in touch.

‘Til next time …

— Martha