The Heller Report: September Roundup of New C-Suite Tech Appointments

Bank of America named Hari Gopalkrishnan, who most recently served as the company’s head of consumer, business, and wealth management technology to the post of chief technology and information officer; FedEx Corp. tapped Vishal Talwar, most recently Accenture Technology’s senior managing director and chief growth officer, as its chief digital and information officer; Kohl’s, the national retailer, appointed Steven Dee, most recently global chief information technology officer at Rodan + Fields, as its new CTO; and IT solutions provider EchoStor Technologies announced Cale Anjoorian, most recently CIO at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, will be its new CIO, while Daniel Clydesdale-Cotter will shift from CIO to the new role of chief innovation officer.

As startups grow into going concerns, their original innovation playbooks may no longer suffice. Not everyone who thrived in startup mode will be ready or capable of changing their thinking and ways of working, writes veteran technology leader Christoph Hesterbrink. In this article, Hesterbrink outlines how IT leaders can adopt more structured mindsets and processes with measurable results that enable continued invention.

AI’s rise has big implications. That’s one of the big takeaways of a federal judge’s ruling in the U.S. government’s antitrust case against Google’s search engine monopoly. “The rapid pace of development in the world of tech, particularly in AI, spurred a judge's cautious approach to curbing Google's online search monopoly,” the Reuters news service reported after U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta declined to have Google sell its Chrome browser as a remedy. Instead, the company will have to share data and some search results with rivals. “The emergence of GenAI changed the course of this case,” Mehta said in the ruling. 

Heller was recently retained by Wynn Resorts to recruit a Vice President, Infrastructure. Wynn Resorts owns and operates Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau, Wynn Palace Cotai, and operates Encore Boston Harbor. The company is constructing an Integrated Resort in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, set to open in 2027. For this role we identified Michael Von Slomski, who most recently served as Vice President Global Infrastructure and Technology Services for Smithfield Foods. Congratulations, Michael!