JetBlue's CIO Gets a New Boss
Plus: CIO announcements from Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Frontier Airlines and more.
Joseph Eng displaced Charles "Duffy" Mees as JetBlue's top IT executive. The low-cost airline announced on March 4 that it had hired Eng as its executive vice president of systems and technology. Mees, who joined JetBlue in August 2006 as its vice president and CTO, was named CIO three months later in November, after then-CIO Todd Thompson left for Starwood Hotels. Mees now reports to Eng. Eng represents IT on the executive team and reports to Russ Chew, JetBlue's president and COO. Mees used to report to JetBlue's founder and chairman, David Neeleman, when he was CEO. Mees spoke with CIO in 2007 about the lessons the company learned after ice storms in February of that year crippled the airline.
Eng most recently served as president and CEO of IT consultancy Spectrum Systems. Previously, he was CIO of SWIFT, a provider of messaging services to the financial services industry. While Eng was at SWIFT, the company was named to the CIO 100 in 2005. CIO profiled Eng in this story on managing expectations.
Credit Suisse appointed Karl Landert to succeed Tom Sanzone as its CIO. Sanzone left Credit Suisse at the end of February and will be joining Merrill Lynch as its EVP and chief administrative officer in the second half of 2008, according to the press release Merrill Lynch issued. Landert most recently served as Credit Suisse's head of IT private banking. He now reports to CEO Brady Dougan. For more on Sanzone's move to Merrill Lynch, read my colleague Tom Wailgum's story Credit Suisse CIO Jumps Ship to Merrill Lynch Amid Industry Turmoil. For information on Sanzone's work at Credit Suisse, see Credit Suisse's Balancing Act.
SVB Financial Group promoted David Webb, CIO of Silicon Valley Bank, to COO on March 3. Webb had been serving as Silicon Valley Bank's CIO since he joined in 2004. He succeeds Greg Becker in the COO role; Becker was named president. Previously, Webb was a vice president in Goldman Sachs' investment banking division, CIO of Finance One at Bank One Corp. and CTO for GE Capital's auto financing business.
Dean Athanasia was named president of Bank of America's Premier Banking & Investments unit, which is part of the company's Global Wealth & Investment Management division, on March 11. Athanasia most recently served as Premier Banking & Investment's northeast division executive. He previously was in charge of strategic planning, business development, marketing, sales, regulatory administration and investment and service centers. He also previously served as the Global Wealth & Investment Management division's CIO.
Frontier Airlines promoted its Vice President and CIO Gerry Coady to SVP and CIO on March 7. Coady's promotion comes 10 months after he joined the company in May 2007.
Las Vegas Gaming Inc. hired an IT architect from Harrah's as its new CIO and CTO. Tim Britt most recently served as "uber-architect" on Harrah's innovation, R&D and information technology strategy team. He led the technical teams responsible for such new products as Total Touch, Microsoft Surface
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Joseph Eng displaced Charles "Duffy" Mees as JetBlue's top IT executive. The low-cost airline announced on March 4 that it had hired Eng as its executive vice president of systems and technology. Mees, who joined JetBlue in August 2006 as its vice president and CTO, was named CIO three months later in November, after then-CIO Todd Thompson left for Starwood Hotels. Mees now reports to Eng. Eng represents IT on the executive team and reports to Russ Chew, JetBlue's president and COO. Mees used to report to JetBlue's founder and chairman, David Neeleman, when he was CEO. Mees spoke with CIO in 2007 about the lessons the company learned after ice storms in February of that year crippled the airline.
Eng most recently served as president and CEO of IT consultancy Spectrum Systems. Previously, he was CIO of SWIFT, a provider of messaging services to the financial services industry. While Eng was at SWIFT, the company was named to the CIO 100 in 2005. CIO profiled Eng in this story on managing expectations.
Credit Suisse appointed Karl Landert to succeed Tom Sanzone as its CIO. Sanzone left Credit Suisse at the end of February and will be joining Merrill Lynch as its EVP and chief administrative officer in the second half of 2008, according to the press release Merrill Lynch issued. Landert most recently served as Credit Suisse's head of IT private banking. He now reports to CEO Brady Dougan. For more on Sanzone's move to Merrill Lynch, read my colleague Tom Wailgum's story Credit Suisse CIO Jumps Ship to Merrill Lynch Amid Industry Turmoil. For information on Sanzone's work at Credit Suisse, see Credit Suisse's Balancing Act.
SVB Financial Group promoted David Webb, CIO of Silicon Valley Bank, to COO on March 3. Webb had been serving as Silicon Valley Bank's CIO since he joined in 2004. He succeeds Greg Becker in the COO role; Becker was named president. Previously, Webb was a vice president in Goldman Sachs' investment banking division, CIO of Finance One at Bank One Corp. and CTO for GE Capital's auto financing business.
Dean Athanasia was named president of Bank of America's Premier Banking & Investments unit, which is part of the company's Global Wealth & Investment Management division, on March 11. Athanasia most recently served as Premier Banking & Investment's northeast division executive. He previously was in charge of strategic planning, business development, marketing, sales, regulatory administration and investment and service centers. He also previously served as the Global Wealth & Investment Management division's CIO.
Frontier Airlines promoted its Vice President and CIO Gerry Coady to SVP and CIO on March 7. Coady's promotion comes 10 months after he joined the company in May 2007.
Las Vegas Gaming Inc. hired an IT architect from Harrah's as its new CIO and CTO. Tim Britt most recently served as "uber-architect" on Harrah's innovation, R&D and information technology strategy team. He led the technical teams responsible for such new products as Total Touch, Microsoft Surface
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