HOTCIO - Key Persons


Jonathan McKendrick

Jonathan has more than 20 years of experience leading technology operations and initiatives across large-scale, complex organizations. He is the former Vice President of IT at Aetna, CIO of one of Johnson & Johnson's largest units. He has managed the development of technology programs for claims, operations and underwriting in the United States and Europe, directed an e-business strategy and delivered leading edge web-enabled initiatives that provided a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Michael Price

Ranked one of the top 25 CIOs in the country in 2012 for product development, Michael has led the product development for over 35 tech companies. He is a published business author (John Wiley & Sons), frequently help D&B/Hoovers, InfoUSA, Onesource etc with their complex database needs, currently manage the largest B2B database in North America (170M records, 1.9B firmographics), and has developed numerous tools thousands of CMOs use daily (ie VisitorLeads, PlugMeIn, etc). Michael mentors and serves on the boards and advisory boards of numerous tech companies, holds a BSBA (Ohio State/UA) and executive courses at Stanford and Northwestern.

Stan Blackwell

Stan has over 40 years of experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background in both university and corporate settings, with extensive experience in research, instructional, and enterprise computing, as well as telecommunications. He oversaw implementation of the Peoplesoft Campus Solutions Student system at UC Berkeley and Florida State, served as Vice President of Technology for one of General Electric's largest units, and served as an executive sponsor for planning the implementation.

Susan Reed

Susan's career includes a decade of serving as CIO in Fortune 1000 companies. Her experience includes applications development, infrastructure management, telecommunications, program office management, and mergers & acquisitions, both domestically and internationally. She has been accountable for internally and externally managed and hosted application and infrastructure services at Bloomberg, Chiquita Brands, and WellStar. She is experienced with and has prudently applied many business and information technology practices.