Boardroom Insiders

Satoshi Murabayashi Executive Officer and Co-General Manager of Operations, Bank of Tokyo Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Murabayashi is Executive Officer and Co-General Manager of Operations & Systems Planning for Bank

Tom Peach CIO, North America, Zurich Financial Services AG Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Peach is Chief Information Officer for Zurich Insurance Group s North American operations. The company, formerly known as Zurich Financial Services Group, is a

Carlos Brito CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Brito is the Brazilian-born Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world s largest brewer, created in #### with the merger of Anheuser-Bush Brewing

Lynetta Tipton Steed Executive Vice President and Head, Business and Community Banking, Regions Financial Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Steed is the head of Business and Community Banking for Regions Financial Corporation, a bank holding company that

Cornel Catuna EVP, Club Operations, BJ s Wholesale Club Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Cornel Catuna, a a former Loss Prevention executive, joined BJ s Wholesale Club in #### as the Director of Field Operations and was

Stephen A. (Steve) Gosselin VP, Customer Services Support Division, Caterpillar Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Gosselin is a popular leader at Caterpillar Inc., the world s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas

Paul K. Siegele President, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Born in Japan and educated in California, Siegele began his career in #### at Texaco, where he worked as a Petroleum Geologist. After

John W. McDonald VP and CTO, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary As the top technology executive with one of the world s largest oil companies, McDonald certainly has his hands full. He is the corporate officer

Michael (Mike) Reddy General Manager, Process, Applications, and Data Group, Chevron Information Technology Company, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Reddy earned degrees in geology and geophysics before going to work for Chevron in #### - and he

Lynn Chou CIO, Downstream and Chemicals, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Chou since #### has served as Chief Information Officer of Chevron Corporation s Downstream and Chemicals. She is responsible for setting and executing all IT

Matthew J. (Matt) Simoncini President and CEO, Lear Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Matthew Simoncini leads the global finance operations of Lear Corporation, the leading global supplier of automotive seating systems and electrical power management systems. Simoncini

Louie V. Ehrlich President and CIO, Chevron Information Technology Company, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Mississippi native Ehrlich has been with Chevron his entire career. He joined the company as a programmer analyst in New Orleans

Ronald Allen (Ron) Williams Former Chairman, Aetna Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Williams started his career as a junior aide to the Governor of Illinois. He has risen from humble beginnings; his father was a parking lot

Paul A. Jacobson SVP and CFO, Delta Air Lines Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Jacobson was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Delta Air Lines effective March #, ####. He previously had been

Mark R. Blake EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, Cardinal Health, Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A former investment banker and business consultant, Blake since October #### has been Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development of

Glen Salow EVP, Service Delivery and Technology, Ameriprise Financial Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Salow has been working in financial services for nearly ## years. He joined Ameriprise Financial in ####. but before that he made many

Randy Krotowski VP and CIO, Caterpillar Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Krotowski joined Caterpillar, the construction and mining equipment manufacturer, in February #### after a nearly ##-year career at Chevron. As Vice President and Chief Information

Gregory J. (Greg) Fell VP and CIO, Terex Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary With degrees in Philosophy and Medical Ethics, Fell may seem an unlikely candidate for a career in IT. Nevertheless, since July ####, Fell has

Lawrence (Larry) Page CEO, Google Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Page is a co-founder of one of the most high-profile technology companies in history. He acted as the company s first CEO until leaving the

Mark T. Bertolini Chairman, President and CEO, Aetna Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Detroit-raised Bertolini is an insurance industry veteran who knows firsthand what it is like to be a patient--and how valuable it is

Ronald M. (Ron) DeFeo Chairman and CEO, Terex Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary DeFeo was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Terex Corporation in March #### and Chairman of the Board in March ####. Based in Westport, Connecticut

Robert W. Fairbairn Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Client Group, BlackRock, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Robert Fairbairn is one of the select few who can say that he rang the opening bell for the

John C. Compton President, PepsiCo Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Compton is a lifelong company man who joined Pepsi upon graduation from the University of Tennesse in ####. Compton spent his first ## years working with Frito

Ruby R. Chandy President, Industrial Business, Pall Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary An engineer with an MBA from MIT, Chandy has ## years of experience in marketing and general management roles. She began her career at McKinsey

Edward J. (Ed) Rapp Group President and CFO, Caterpillar Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Rapp has spent his entire career at Caterpillar, working his way up the ladder via a succession of divisional and regional management positions

Sandra Brophy (Sandy) Cochran President and CEO, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (CBRL Group Inc.) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Cochran grew up on US Army bases across the US and Germany before joining the Army herself

Stephen E. (Steve) Gorman EVP and COO, Delta Air Lines Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Gorman s career has taken him from airplanes to donuts to buses--and back. He began his management career with Northwest Airlines

Margaret M. (Meg) McCarthy CIO and EVP of Innovation, Technology and Service Operations, Aetna Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary McCarthy has been working at the intersection of healthcare and technology for more than ## years. By the

Douglas R. (Doug) Oberhelman Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Born in #### to Ernie Oberhelman, a John Deere salesman, and his wife Donna, Oberhelman was raised in Woodstock, Illinois. He joined Caterpillar, Inc

Kevin A. Mayer EVP, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Technology Group, Walt Disney Company Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Mayer began his second career at the Walt Disney Co. in ####, when he was tapped to lead a

Dr. Klaus Christian Kleinfeld Chairman and CEO, Alcoa, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary German native Kleinfeld came to Alcoa in #### as President after two decades at Gemany-based Siemens, where he rose to the top position

Charles D. (Chuck) McLane, Jr. EVP and CFO, Alcoa, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary McLane started his career at Reynolds Metals, where he remained for nearly three decades in various positions in the finance department. He joined

Joseph M. (Joe) Zubretsky Senior EVP and CFO, Aetna Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A Hartford native who graduated from the University of Hartford, it seems natural that Zubretsky joined Hartford-based insurer Aetna in ####. Zubretsky

Patricia E. (Pat) Yarrington VP and CFO, Chevron Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary New Jersey native Yarrington joined Chevron in #### and has conscientiously worked her way up the ranks to the company s top finance position

C. Dowd Ritter Former Chairman and CEO, Regions Financial Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary An Alabama native, Ritter heads Regions Financial, one of the largest regional banks in the country and a dominant force in the South

Deborah H. (Deb) Butler CIO and EVP Planning, Norfolk Southern Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Butler studied English Literature in college but has spent her entire career on a different track: the railroad. She s been Chief

Michael A. (Mike) Woodhouse Executive Chairman, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (CBRL Group Inc.) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Although he is a native Brit, Woodhouse has embraced the American restaurant industry, specializing in chains that appeal

James P. Gorman Chairman, President and CEO, Morgan Stanley Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Aussie native Gorman was named the successor to beleaguered CEO John Mack, who was widely criticized in the aftermath of the ####-#### financial

William R. (Bill) Klesse Chairman, President and CEO, Valero Energy Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary As CEO of Valero, Klesse is charged with overseeing all of the Company s refining and marketing operations. He has been with

Richard H. Anderson CEO, Delta Air Lines Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Anderson started his career as an Assistant DA in a Harris County, Texas Criminal Court. In #### he got a job as Deputy Counsel for

James G. Moorhead CMO, DISH Network Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Dish Network took a page from the Hollywood studios home entertainment divisions in choosing a new marketing executive: the nation s second-largest satellite broadcaster in

David L. (Dave) Pearson EVP and CIO, Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Pearson kicked off his career as an engineer at the venerable Texas Instruments in the ####s. After five years, he moved on to

David James Henshall EVP, Operations, CFO and Treasurer, Citrix Systems Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Henshall is Executive Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Citrix Systems Inc., a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based corporation

Brett M. Caine SVP and General Manager, Online Services Division, Citrix Systems Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Caine is considered one of the high-tech industry s leading advocates for transforming how people work, increasing productivity while

Gordon Payne SVP and General Manager Desktop and Cloud Division, Citrix Systems Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Payne leads the Desktop and Cloud division at Citrix Systems Inc., a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based corporation that provides server

Wesley R. (Wes) Wasson SVP and CMO, Citrix Systems Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Wes Wasson since #### has been Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Citrix Systems Inc., a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based corporation

Muhtar Kent Chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Company Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Kent is a Turkish-American born in New York City and the only child of a Turkish consul general. Raised in Thailand, India, and Iran

Timothy J. (Tim) Theriault SVP and CIO, Walgreen Company Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Timothy (Tim) Theriault is senior vice president and chief information officer for Walgreen Co., a position he assumed in ####. Since joining the company

Ellen Jamison Kullman Chairman and CEO, DuPont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Though she earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, Kullman worked in marketing and business development at GE

Margaret C. (Meg) Whitman CEO, Hewlett Packard Company Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A product of Princeton and Harvard, Whitman spent her early career working at brand behemoths such as Procter & Gamble and Disney, as well as consultancy

Daniel R. (Dan) Hesse CEO, Sprint Nextel Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary The former AT&T executive and start up entrepreneur accepted the reins of Sprint, then known as a customer service-challenged mobile phone provider, in

Michael W. (Mike) Kramer COO, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary No sooner had Apple Stores guru Ron Johnson taken the reins of troubled retailer J.C. Penney in November #### than he brought

Mary A. Winston EVP and CFO, Family Dollar Stores Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Winston in April #### was recruited by Family Dollar Stores as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Kenneth Smith. She had been CFO

Stephen H. (Steve) Rusckowski EVP and CEO, Philips Healthcare, Philips Electronics Group Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Rusckowski is Executive Vice President of Royal Philips Electronics and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Healthcare, a position he s held

Fred Tomczyk President and Chief Executive Officer, TD Ameritrade Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A ##-year veteran of the financial services industry, Tomczyk has extensive expertise in wealth management, retail distribution and sales. He s been President

Paul G. White EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, Family Dollar Stores Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Less than a year after he joined Family Dollar Stores, White in December #### was promoted to Executive Vice President and

John Zepecki Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development, SAP AG Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Zepecki started his career back in the ####s as a software engineer but has quickly risen up the ranks of management in charge

Michael (Mike) Bloom President and COO, Family Dollar Stores Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Bloom was tapped to succeed the retiring James Kelly as President and Chief Operating Officer of Family Dollar Stores Inc. in September ####

Dave Mullin Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Lear Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Mullin has been with Lear Corporation, a Southfield, Michigan-based company that is the world s largest automotive interior systems supplier, his entire career

Howard R. Levine Chairman and CEO, Family Dollar Stores Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Levine literally grew up in the retail business, accompanying his father on store visits as a child. He entered the family business at

Kip Tindell Chairman and CEO, Container Store Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Described as a "lconic Texan," Tindell has built The Container Store from a single, #,###-square-foot store in North Dallas to a national chain

Jeanette Horan Vice President and CIO, IBM Corporation (International Business Machines Corp.) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary British native Horan was promoted to Chief Information Officer of IBM in May ####, after having previously served the tech giant

Curtis Brunson EVP, Corporate Strategy and Development, L-# Communications Holdings, Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Brunson was appointed Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development in February #### for this Lockheed spinoff, a major military contractor

Oliver T. Bussmann Global CIO, SAP AG Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Bussmann is a recognized industry leader with a portfolio of major business process transformations under his belt that have delivered cost reductions, efficiency gains, agility and

Michael P. Dastugue Former EVP and CFO, JCPenney Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Dastugue started his career as an accountant at Arthur Andersen, where he remained until joining JCPenney in ####. Over the next two decades he worked

Theodore F. (Ted) Craver Jr. Chairman, President and CEO, Edison International Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Theodore F. Craver, Jr., is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, one

Donald (Don) Thompson President and COO, McDonald s Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary One of the highest-ranking African Americans in the restaurant industry, Thompson was named executive vice president and COO of the McDonald s chain

Brian Thomas Moynihan President and CEO, Bank of America Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary In December ####, Bank of America named Moynihan president and chief executive, ending an ##-week search with a unanimous boardroom vote in

Andrea Greggo Cloud Computing Initiative Leader, Market Strategy Systems, IBM Corporation (International Business Machines Corp.) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Greggo is a System z SW specialist on the IBM Briefing Center team, servicing the broader IBM sales

Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty President and CEO, IBM Corporation (International Business Machines Corp.) Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Chicago native Rometty took the CEO reins from Sam Palmisano in January ####. Before taking the top job, she led

Ralph G. D Ambrosio VP and CFO, L-# Communications Holdings Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary After polishing his financial skills at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four accountancy firms), D Ambrosio

Mahvash Yazdi SVP, Information Technology and Business Integration and CIO, Southern California Edison, Edison International Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Mahvash Yazdi has over ## years of experience in public and private companies in strategy, business development, and

S.Truett Cathy Founder and Chairman, Chick-fil-A, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Southern Baptist Cathy began his restaurant career more than ## years ago with a single eatery, which he transformed into the second-largest

Nigel Travis CEO and President, Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin Brands, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A ##-year retail veteran, Travis started in the food business with Burger King in the ####s when it was expanding in Europe

Ronald Bruce (Ron) Johnson CEO, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Under Johnson s guidance, Apple stores hit annual revenue of $# billion in just three years­faster than any other retailer and beating

Andrew F. Puzder CEO, CKE Restaurants Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A former trial lawyer, Puzder was Carl s Jr. founder Carl Karcher s personal attorney before he was brought on as Counsel for Carl s Jr

Michael T. Strianese Chairman, President and CEO, L-# Communications Holdings Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Michael Strianese was content being L-# s CFO until he retired, but the unexpected death of his boss in ####

Bradbury H. (Brad) Anderson Former Vice Chairman and CEO, Best Buy Company Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A self-described "below-average student" who was encouraged by high school guidance counselors to avoid college, Anderson is something

George Lawrence (Mike) Mikan III Interim CEO, Best Buy Company Inc Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Mikan found himself in the limelight in April #### when he was named interim CEO of the troubled Best Buy consumer electronics

Lucy Witte Vice President of Direct Marketing and Media, Container Store Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Witte started with the Container Store in #### as a Public Relations and Marketing Manager. She was promoted to VP of Marketing

Pierre Bruno Charles Bouchut EVP and CFO, Delhaize Group SA Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Bouchut joined Belgian food retailer Delhaize Group in March #### as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Stefan Descheemaker, who two months earlier was appointed

David Marcus President, PayPal Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary In the wake of the much-ballyhooed departure of Scott Thompson to lead Yahoo, PayPal in March #### promoted Marcus to President of the online payment provider. Marcus

Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Hennion EVP and CMO, GNC Holdings, Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Hennion has had a long career in finance but made the jump to marketing in ####. Today he is responsible for all marketing

Anil Cheriyan CIO, SunTrust Banks Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Cheriyan became Chief Information Officer for SunTrust in April ####, succeeding Tim Sullivan, who retired after holding the post since ####. Cheriyan joined Atlanta-based SunTrust, one

Dr. David L. Morse EVP and CTO (effective May #, ####), Corning Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Come May #, ####, Morse will be Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Corning Inc., a leading manufacturer

James B. Flaws Vice Chairman and CFO, Corning Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Flaws is Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Corning Inc. a leading manufacturer of specialty glass and ceramics. He s been CFO since

Raj Seshadri Head of Small Business Banking, Citigroup Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A native of India and a Harvard-trained physicist who started her career at Bell Labs, Seshadri probably never dreamed that she would rise

Wendell P. Weeks Chairman, President and CEO, Corning Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary A populist CEO who stops by local bars to talk with Corning employees, Weeks has been with the pioneering glass manufacturer for ## years

John Burke Group Vice President, Applications, Oracle Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Burke is Group Vice President of Oracle s Applications Business Unit, which is focused on increasing the business value of Oracle Applications for customers worldwide

Michael Moore EVP and CMO, SUPERVALU INC. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Moore was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of SuperValu Inc. in January ####, just four months after he joined the Minnesota-based

Daniel Francis (Dan) Akerson Chairman and CEO, General Motors Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Akerson, appointed in September ####, is troubled GM s fourth CEO in just ## months. While he is a seasoned executive with extensive

Steven Anthony (Steve) Ballmer CEO, Microsoft Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary The yin to founder Bill Gates s yang, Ballmer is the excitable, emotional and intensely competitive CEO who once required surgery on his vocal cords after

Jeffrey A. (Jeff) Agosta EVP and CFO, Devon Energy Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary With extensive experience in accounting and corporate finance, Jeff Agosta brought his financial skills to Devon Energy Corporation in ####. Devon Energy is

William L. (Bill) Veghte Chief Strategy Officer and EVP, HP Software, Hewlett Packard Company Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Once the head of Microsoft s Windows business, Veghte led the development of Windows ## and was deemed to

Laura Alber CEO, Williams-Sonoma Inc. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Alber came to Williams-Sonoma as a buyer in the Pottery Barn catalog division in ####. When many friends and colleagues were leaving their jobs for the

Anthony E. (Tony) Scott Corporate VP and CIO, Microsoft Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary The fourth CIO hired in as many years, Scott has three main responsibilities at Microsoft: traditional CIO work, working with Microsoft product groups

Akio Toyoda President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary He earned an MBA in the US, speaks flawless English and is the grandson of the company s founder--but these facts were of

William K. (Dan) Daniel II EVP, Danaher Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary William Daniel joined Danaher as Vice President and Group Executive in July #### and was appointed Executive Vice President two years later in July ####

Didier Leroy President, Toyota Motor Europe, Toyota Motor Corporation Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary Leroy is President of Toyota Motor Europe, which oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and Toyota

Sherry M. Smith CFO, SUPERVALU INC. Last Updated:##/##/#### Biographical Summary In #### Sherry Smith was appointed CFO of Supervalu succeeding Pamela Knous, one of the most successful female chief financial officers in the food retail business. Smith