Top 10 IT Leaders - 2025

Accomplished, strategic and driven transformational IT professional with significant hands-on global experience in IT operations (retail/manufacturing), project management with proven track record of success in functional and commercial strategy enablement, business integration and leading project development that contribute to the growth of the organization.

Rich is a risk, security, and project management professional specializing in the area financial services technology. Business-oriented, accomplished leader experienced in managing risk management programs and multi-million-dollar technology projects for renowned corporations including Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

Technology Infrastructure has the opportunity to revolutionize businesses or hold them back from what is possible. Organizations with informed stakeholders from the board to the c-suite are focused on the transformative opportunities ahead while many struggle to draw a line from where they are today to a technology infrastructure that positions them for the future with agility and security as a top priority

Elias Akouri is IT Director , Application Management Services at Avery Dennison. The company is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company with locations in over 50 countries, and we employ approximately 35,000 employees worldwide

James Lingle is Director, IT at RLI Insurance Company. RLI is a U.S.-based specialty insurer that serves niche property, casualty and surety markets. The company provides peace of mind to the customers we serve by safeguarding their assets and helping them manage risk.

Ross Stores, Inc. is an S&P 500, Fortune 500, and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Dublin, CA, with fiscal 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion. The Company operates Ross Dress for Less® (“Ross”), the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States with 1,795 locations in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam.

Experienced Manager for Branch Infrastructure implementation and network expense management teams with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Project management, Budgeting, Analytical Skills, performance optimization, process improvement, vendor relationship management, and much more

Chris approaches all initiatives with a passionate, customer service oriented and task driven mindset. With a combination of extensive real world experience and high technical competencies, he is able to oversee a diverse range of strategic objectives.

Experienced Delivery Lead for IT Services with a demonstrated history of working 18 years in the ERP applications development and services area . Strong business development professional skilled in SAP ERP, Business Intelligence, Integration, and Solution Architecture

Highly accomplished, results-oriented IT leader with proven record of driving successful technology organizations. Special expertise in directing server, network, and storage infrastructure operations, infrastructure deployment project/program management, virtualization, and disaster recovery.