Kristie Grinnell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for DXC Technology. She leads business transformation including defining IT strategy for new digital capabilities, streamlining current operations, and improving overall efficiencies and performance of DXC's IT environment. Grinnell brings 25 years of experience working in public and privately-held professional services companies to her current role.
Grinnell previously served as global CIO and vice president for supply chain at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT). There she led the transformation enterprise IT strategic plan and IT Shared Services center for customers, along with supply chain management. Prior to that, Grinnell was director of planning and governance and director of client delivery enablement for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a predecessor of DXC. She has led four major IT transformations while overseeing changes to enterprise-wide technology, cyber and risk management, culture, skills, and behaviors.
Before joining CSC, she served as CIO, chief of staff, and global IT strategy executive for PwC. Kristie earned her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and holds an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.
- Kristie Grinnell is an award-winning senior transformation executive with over 25 years of experience driving change in public and privately held professional services companies. Her career reflects a demonstrated track record in leading successful large-scale IT, supply chain, and managed shared service transformation impacting front line revenue, back-office earnings, and cash. She has driven strategic differentiation in cyber risk, IT operations, supply chain and M&A activity in both domestic and global roles. She also has a passion for the empowerment of women at all stages of their careers with a focused concentration on promoting STEM opportunities for girls at a young age.
- Recognized by Technology Magazine in 2024 Top 100 Women in Tech
- Cyber “Warrior” Award from Cyber Guild
- 2023 Sustainable IT Impact Award Honoree from SustainableIT.org
- Top 100 CIO in the US by Wire19
- 100 Executive Women in Tech to Watch in 2023 by Womentech Network
- National CIO of the Year from Inspire CIO in 2021
- DXC IT has 1644 employees
- Manage 140K+ PCs; 59 Data Centers; 7PB+ of cloud/physical storage; 140K+ M365 licenses; 22K+ mobile subscriptions; 14K network devices; 5K servers; 700+ office printers
- Provide 24/7 service desk for IT support which is also supported by a chatbot which deflects 50%+ of tickets
- Strategic partnership with AWS to accelerate cloud adoption for customers
- Evolve DXC through agile Value Streams operating model
- DXC Technology is a Fortune 500 global IT services leader dedicated to delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues.
- DXC helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds.
- Our more than 130,000 people in 60-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver transformative technologies to ensure the success, safety and well-being of businesses and people around the world.
- We leverage the power of partnerships through our curated DXC ecosystem of leading technology providers. By combining strengths and expertise globally, we create solutions and deliver greater outcomes for customers across their entire IT estate.
- DXC is an employer of choice with strong values, and fosters a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship.
- DXC Technology was recognized by Gartner® as a Leader in the 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services.
- DXC recognized as an IAM System Integrators leader for Europe by KuppingerCole Analysts - DXC strengths cited include security, functionality, service delivery, integrations and serviceability.
- DXC is positioned as a Leader in NelsonHall's 2024 Cyber Resiliency Services NEAT evaluation
- DXC named a Leader and Star Performer in Everest Group’s Mainframe Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024
