Kristie Grinnell, DXC Technology

DXC Technology named Kristie Grinnell senior vice president and CIO in 2021. She leads global IT strategy and operations, responsible for integrating and streamlining systems, implementing new digital capabilities to improve performance and efficiency, and ensuring the stability of DXC’s global IT infrastructure, all with the goal of enabling the company to provide superior service and innovation to its customers.

Grinnell joined DXC from General Dynamics Information Technology where she was global CIO and vice president for supply chain. She led the transformation enterprise IT strategic plan and IT Shared Services center for customers, along with supply chain management. Prior to that, she was director of planning and governance and director of client delivery enablement for Computer Sciences Corp., a predecessor of DXC Technology.

A strong supporter of academic STEM programs for young women, Grinnell is a recipient of the 2018 Women in Technology STEM Leadership award, Washington Business Journal’s 2020 Women Who Mean Business Award and a 2020 Capital CIO of the Year ORBIE Award Winner, She was included on Wire19’s Top 100 CIO list in 2023 and was named a Top CIO to Watch in 2022 by Washington Executive.