What Happened?
San Diego, CA-based Qualcomm Appointed Mary Gendron as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Billions, maybe trillions of times a day… That`s how often people around the world touch something made better by Qualcomm. It could be the smartphone in your pocket, the tablet on your coffee table, that wireless modem in your briefcase… it could even be that navigation system in your car or that action camera strapped to your chest. Who is Qualcomm, and what do we do? We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—invent mobile technology breakthroughs.
About the Person
Mary Gendron is a CIO and an expert in bringing about cultural/operational transformations to a variety of industries by leveraging technology knowledge, vision, strategy and leadership, and in developing/executing IT and talent-focused strategies, services and plans. She has led complex global organizations, driving proactive business strategies required to develop differentiation and has consistently generated customer, shareholder and employee value. As SVP/CIO at Hospira and a Senior Leadership Team Member, she oversaw the Company’s global operating effectiveness while undertaking key activities to ensure an effective first day launch for the Pfizer acquisition. She assessed/analyzed and quickly improved the IT landscape to meet evolving needs as Hospira expanded globally and into the biosimilars market; developed/ communicated a more compelling IT vision/strategy, identified key priority initiatives to improve enterprise-wide engagement and service delivery, and drove operational efficiencies. Before, Ms. Gendron served as CIO and SVP at Celestica, providing technology vision, strategy, and leadership for the development/implementation of IT programs, initiatives/investments, while supporting Celestica’s strategic long term transformation objectives and customer business operations. She transformed IT into a strategic business partner in 24 months by transitioning to a global SAP platform across 18 manufacturing sites, bringing global consistency to shop-floor processes, enabling a global workforce to meet various customer specific demands/build various products on the same foundation, and identifying emerging quality errors quicker. She also accelerated corporate decision making, increased employee engagement, and reduced costs/increased capability spend by replacing Lotus notes e-mail with a Google platform. Earlier, Ms. Gendron served in executive positions at The Nielsen Company, Motorola, and Bell Canada. She earned a B.ENG. from McGill University.
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