The Art of the Possible with Edwina Payne - a podcast by theqtsaudioexperience

Traditionally CIO’s have focused on the technology of the business. In this third part of our four part series from the ATP CIO Charity Event, Edwina Payne illustrates the need for CIO’s to explain to their organizations the why and how technology should be used to create customer intimacy and a new customer experience, on the next QTS Experience.

About Our Guest:

Edwina Payne is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in life sciences, technology strategy, digital transformation, program management, cyber security, internal audit, manufacturing, and distribution.

Edwina currently serves on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.  She serves on the Audit, Enterprise Risk and Compliance, and Governance and Compensation committees.  Edwina also serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Purdue Polytechnic Dean’s Council at Purdue University as well as the Technology Advisory Board at Marian University. She is active in the Georgia community, having served on the board of Tech Alpharetta, which helps grow technology and innovation as well as support technology start-ups in the city of Alpharetta.  She is currently a member of the advisory board for Georgia CIO as well as Inspiredu, a nonprofit providing access to technology for Atlanta’s underserved youths.

Edwina is the Chief Information Officer for Varsity Brands, where she leads the IT strategy and IT operations of their three divisions.  She has held multiple roles in the life sciences space, most recently at McKesson Corporation where she was the Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy.  She was responsible for McKesson’s technology strategy, enterprise portfolio management office, as well as the overall enterprise architecture design used to deliver products and services to both internal customers as well as healthcare professionals who use McKesson’s software platforms.

Prior to joining McKesson Edwina was Chief Information Officer at Avanos Medical (formerly Halyard Health).    At Avanos Edwina’s team delivered the company’s first digital product, On-Q*Trac, which enabled health care professionals and patients to better manage their post-surgical pain. She led the IT divesture activities of their Surgical and Infection Prevention portfolio, including the sale of Avanos’ legacy IT assets with the divestiture, which funded the IT transformation for their remaining business.

Edwina has more than 30 years of global supply chain and information technology experience, including directing strategic initiatives and leveraging technology to help organizations become more competitive. She began her corporate career at Kellogg Company, where she held leadership positions in the United States as well as Brazil and Mexico. Following Kellogg, Edwina joined Johnson & Johnson in 1999 in their DePuy Orthopaedics medical device unit. She assumed roles of increasing responsibility, including CIO for DePuy, eventually serving as vice president and program manager for a global ERP deployment for Johnson & Johnson’s medical devices and diagnostics business.  After leaving Johnson & Johnson she joined Zimmer Biomet, where she was Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  She led their IT organization’s transformation, creating a global organization focused on delivering competitive advantage for the Company. Under her leadership the IT team successfully completed the acquisition and integration of Biomet.

Edwina earned her bachelor’s degree in computer technology from Purdue University in 1986. She is an active thought leader and presenter in a variety of industry and professional organizations. In 2009 Edwina was named a Distinguished Alumni by Purdue University, was recognized as a 2012 CIO 100 award winner from IDG, was a finalist for Georgia CIO of the Year in 2018 and was recognized by HMG as a 2019 Top Technology Executive to Watch.  Edwina is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Edwina and her family reside in Alpharetta, Georgia. 

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