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John is a proven technology and business leader, team and relationship builder, and Harvard Business School graduate, with a track record in delivering technology-enabled transformational results in highly regulated industries (e.g. financial services, healthcare, technology, and energy). His core competencies include digital, cloud, AI and generative AI, cyber security, regulatory compliance, and sustainable growth in global markets. John has broad based expertise in P/L accountability, strategy, architecture, enterprise technology, operations, transformation, governance, M&A, and business development.
John is CTO and SVP at Comerica Bank, one of the top 20 banks in the United States, with responsibility for Architecture, Infrastructure, Operations, Transformation, Innovation, Technology Control and Business Office.
Before Comerica Bank, John served as CTO and Managing Director at Emergent, a $9B+ insurance, health, and software technology firm from 2019 to 2021. John led cloud transformation, M&A integration, and the launching of technology platforms for joint ventures, along with regulatory and compliance responsibilities. Before Emergent, John was CTO, Industry Leader, and Distinguished Technologist, for DXC Technology and Hewlett Packard (HP); where he headed client executive partnerships, cloud strategy, and solutions development and delivery from 2011 to 2019. Earlier in his career, John was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Heiler Software Corporation (since acquired by Informatica). Heiler was a Gartner Magic Quadrant leading provider of enterprise data management solutions.
John is a member of the IBM Financial Services Cloud Council, and Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
- Harvard Business School (HBS), PLDA program (Harvard alternative to eMBA), Alumni status, USA
- University of Detroit Mercy, Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (CIS), USA
- Technical University Berlin, Electrical Engineering, Germany