Cathy Bessant, 2013 Honoree
- Title
- Global technology and operations executive
- Employer
- Bank of America
- Location
- Charlotte, N.C.
- New titles in your IT organization:
- Over the past 24 months, we have added chief technology officers for each major line of business, a chief information security officer, a chief data officer and an e-commerce technology executive with an end-to-end view of mobile and social consumer and client offerings.
- Characteristic most important in an IT hire:
- Hiring technologists and operators who know the business inside and out and who are by nature forward-looking.
- Coolest current project:
- Information security preparedness. It's challenging, dynamic and vitally important to the stability of our global financial ecosystem.