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A regional Governing Body leads the Detroit CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Rich Hook
Penske
EVP & CIO
Rachelle Putnam
General Dynamics Land Systems
CIO
Jeff Small
Great Lakes Water Authority
CIO
Ryan Talbott
Amway
Chief Technology Officer
Erik Wille
Cabinetworks Group
CTO
Amerisure Insurance
CIO
Lear Corporation
CIO
Oakland County
CIO
American Axle & Manufacturing
VP & CIO
Continental Automotive
CIO, North America
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
CIO
Bronson
SVP & CIO
AM General
CIO
Little Caesars
CIO
Oakland University
CIO
PHINIA
VP & CIO
Adient
SVP & CIO
Wacker Chemical
Head of IT & Digital / US CIO
Edward Rose & Sons
CIO
Nexteer
VP & CIO
City of Detroit
CIO
Cooper Standard
SVP & CITO
Walbridge
AVP, IT
Detroit Diesel Corporation
CIO
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Colony Club Detroit
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
In-Person
The Henry, Autograph Collection
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In-Person
Waterview Loft
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
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As CIOs across our communities prepare for another year of peer-driven programs, IT leaders are sharing their priorities, opportunities and challenges through annual surveys and interviews. Here, we explore three themes that are emerging as top focus areas for CIOs in 2026.
View PostAt the Atlanta CIO Community Executive Summit, Equifax EVP and CTO Jamil Farshchi led a keynote session on aligning IT and security to drive innovation. Jamil shared strategies for building this alignment, overcoming misconceptions about security and enabling early integration between IT and security. Here, Jamil shares some key takeaways from the session.
View PostAccording to Ryan Snyder, SVP and CIO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, CIOs should focus on the parts of their businesses that require comprehensive AI transformation to best measure the ROI of AI. Snyder explored this topic at the Global CIO Community Executive Summit, and here, he shares highlights from the session, including strategies for accurately assessing the ROI of AI.
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