AVASANT DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS
The Avasant Distinguished Fellows Program promotes thought leadership and provides subject matter expertise for Avasant’s clientele. Selected from a pool of over 500 nominations, the program brings together C-level executives and board-seasoned leaders who possess decades of experience in their competencies, which include CEO, COO, CIO, CISO, Chief Process Officer, and other key c-suite roles across various industries, including retail, manufacturing, banking, utilities, healthcare, travel and transportation and pharmaceuticals. The Fellows create strategies and executive programs that provide unique value to Avasant’s clients in the areas of digital innovation, process transformation, IT, information security and operational risk management, BPO, procurement, and business strategy
EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD
DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD
“Leaders have been particularly stressed in the last year and a half. They are dealing with burnout, pushback and upheaval. Organizations see the value in providing tailored Executive Coaching support for peak performance.”
— Shevy Magen, Partner

The Avasant Executive Advisory Board (EAB) will consist of 3 Distinguished Fellows, handpicked by the client.
ESG Domain Through the EAB, the client will have access to:
- Quarterly calls to discuss broad topics based on their needs.
- 1:1 calls with their Distinguished Fellow Executive Advocate for confidential coaching.
- Expert Advisory from experienced professionals in the chosen industry.
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Bharat Amin
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
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James Rinaldi
Chief IT Advisor and Former CIO, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Mandeep Maini
Principal Consultant, AI and Healthcare Technology at Ingenuity Advisory Partners, NACD Directorship Certified®.
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Lynne Chernow
Former CIO, SVP and Chief of IT Staff
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Shevy Magen
Partner – Sales, Corporate Innovation & Digital Reinvention, Avasant
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Naresh Lachmandas
Partner, Avasant and Former CIO, L3 Technologies CSW and General Atomics
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Chirag Shah
Transformational CIO with 20+ years leading digital and AI-driven enterprise innovation.
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Ed Kloskowski
Global IT executive and CIO advisor driving digital and business transformation.
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Sunny Bajaj
Global technology executive and board member with 20+ years of experience
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William Bangert
Global revenue-growth executive with 30+ years in P&L leadership and strategic partnerships.
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Julia Bardmesser
Technology, Architecture and Data Strategy Executive
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Ray Barnard
Chairman, Avasant Distinguished Fellows Program and Former Executive VP , Fluor Corporation
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John Caruthers
BISO, CVS Health and Former Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
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Vincent Cirel
Founder and Managing Director at Pivotal Technologies, LLC
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Martin Croxton
Former Military Officer, Management Consulting Executive, IT Strategy & Business Transformation
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Candace Dingmann
Former VP of Global Shared Services at Organon, Global Operations Leader at Merck GBS, and Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps.
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Brian Faz
Innovative CIO and technology strategist with deep expertise in AI, analytics, and enterprise modernization.
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Steve Gerst
Former Regional Medical Director, PwC and Former Vice President, Columbia/HCA
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Supro Ghose
Former Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at EagleBank.
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Larry Godec
TBM Council, Chairman and Former CIO, First American Financial
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Paul Goldberg
Former CIO, AECOM and CTO, Repucom
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Janet Gosche
Former Principal, Strategic Governance Global Practice, Avasant
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Sam Guertin
Executive IT Sourcing Leader with proven track record managing billion-dollar technology portfolios
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Mark Hadland
Chief Experience Officer & Senior Partner, Launch Consulting, CEO and Founder, Launch 11, and Former Associate Partner with Accenture
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Curt Havard
Interim CIO/CTO at RAND Corporation, specializing in IT and cybersecurity.
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Joe Hogan
Senior Vice President and Managing Director with expertise in business transformation and outsourcing strategies.
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Joel D. Jacobs
Vice President & CIO, Mitre Corporation
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Carol Jones
CIO & Director of IT Services at Sandia National Laboratories
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Stuart Kippelman
Former Chief Information Officer at Parsons Corporation, Grifols Healthcare, Platform Specialty Products, and Covanta Energy.
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Bertrand Leroux
Former CIO at Activision Blizzard and Vivendi
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Randi Levin
CIO, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Former CTO, City of Los Angeles
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Michael WJ Long
Former Vice President, Maximus Canada
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José Martínez
Experienced board member and senior global IT leader with almost 3 decades of experience.
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Vipul Nagrath
Former Senior Vice President, Product Development
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Hiten Patel
Strategy Consulting and Healthcare Technology Executive
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Fred Pond
Former CIO, Columbia Sportswear
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Fernando Pons
Former Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), EBRD; and former Global Head, Finance Service Management & Business Services, Rio Tinto
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Adrian Quayle
Retired Managing Partner, Avasant Europe
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Tushar Rao
Senior Executive and Change Leader specializing in Digital Transformation, Finance, and Technology Strategy
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Libby Roney
Former CIO at Chanel, Lechters Houseware, Melville Corp, and Kmart
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Andy Schlei
Former SVP, Information Technology, Sony Pictures
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Nuria Simo
Former CIO at IDB, EADS (now Airbus), Campofrio Food group and Quest International
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Marie Smith
Former IT Director, Edwards Lifesciences and VP IT, Eaton Corp.
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Michael Stoeckert
Experienced board member and senior global IT leader with almost 3 decades of experience.
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Gregory Sullivan
Cloud & cybersecurity innovator, former Carnival CIO, and global tech strategist.
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Kim Terry
Former Executive VP, OceanX and CIO, Guthy Renker
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Srinivas Vangala
Former CIO, Forest Laboratories (Allergan)
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Jay Weinstein
CISO, Cyber Consultant, ND-ISAC / DSIE Chairman of the Board
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Mike W. Wheeler
Former SVP Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer, Fluor Corporation
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WALTER A. YOSAFAT
Former CIO and Regional CEO at Wyndham Worldwide, Genpact and American Standard Companies
Executive Committee
Distinguished Fellows
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ADVISORY
INNOVATION AND EXECUTIVE WORKSHOPS
• Digital Innovation
• Organization Transformation
• Driving innovation through Technology
• Information and Cyber Security
• Platform Modernization and Cloud Strategy
• Process Improvement and Automation
• Network/Telecom Architecture and Sourcing
• Industry-specific Transformation and Technology Strategy





