CDW Women in IT
 
Ginny Davis
CIO
Technicolor

Ginny Davis has held her current position as CIO of Technicolor since 2007. Based in Burbank, she leads the IT department for the organization. Ginny has been a member of the Technicolor organization since 1996 and has held a broad range of roles within the IT organization on a global basis. The Technicolor IT organization consists of all aspects of Technicolor’s global information systems function. Her team of 6 managers and more than 500 IT professionals support the applications, networks, data centers and IT services used by Technicolor employees, customers, and suppliers across 30 plus countries and 359 sites.

In addition to her responsibilities in leading Technicolor’s global Information Technology organization, Ginny is also an active member in the following organizations: Convergence Technology Council for the Media and Entertainment industries and the International Corporate Executive IT Board participating in reviewing standards, trends and the latest innovations in Information Technology.

Christine Holloway 
VP, Converged Infrastructure Solutions
CDW

Christine Holloway is Vice President of converged infrastructure solutions for CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare. Holloway is responsible for the overall strategy and development of CDW’s unified communications and collaboration, enterprise networking and security solutions offerings. She leads a team of more than 270 solution architects who are responsible for designing and configuring these solutions for CDW clients and prospects.

Prior to joining CDW in 2007, Holloway was vice president of sales and marketing at Tushaus Computer Services and held roles of increasing responsibility at Norstan Communications, most recently serving as director of sales.

Holloway earned a B.S. in education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and has completed additional post-graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Presently, she serves on the board of directors of College Possible, a national non-profit organization that makes college admission and graduation possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support. Holloway is also active in numerous community and mission outreach initiatives through her church.

 Hilary Mason
CEO and Founder, Fast Forward Labs
Data Scientist in Residence, Accel Partners
Former Chief Scientist, bitly

Hilary Mason, is CEO and Founder of Fast Forward Labs, an independent data technology research lab. She is also Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. She was Chief Scientist at bitly from 2009-2013, the link-shortening service that facilitates sharing across many social media platforms. While at bitly, Hilary sifted through the records of the hundreds of millions of clicks to find patterns. That’s a lot of data. She can tell you, if people visit your website, what other pages they’re probably looking at. Hilary is also a member of NYCResistor and Mayor Bloomberg’s Technology and Innovation Advisory Council. She is on Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business 2013. Please give a warm welcome to Hilary Mason.





 
Julia King
Contributing Editor
CIO magazine, Computerworld, Network World

Julia King is a national award-winning business and technology journalist with more than 25 years’ experience covering IT executive leadership and advancing discussion of digital disruption and business innovation. Ms. King was the founding executive editor of the award-winning ComputerworldROI magazine and for 10 years served as chief content creator and moderator of Computerworld's flagship IT Leadership event, the Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference.

Prior to joining Computerworld in 1994, Ms. King worked for national business and technology magazines and as a daily newspaper reporter. Her IT reporting has earned her a Jesse H. Neal Award, often referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of the business press. Most recently, she received a 2014 Folio Gold Award for Editorial Excellence. She is also the recipient of numerous national editorial awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. She is a frequent presenter and panel moderator at IT executive and technology industry conferences. She is editor of a book titled Executives’ Guide to the Wireless Workforce, which was published by John Wiley & Sons. Ms. King holds a Master's Degree in International Relations and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, both from University of Pittsburgh. She is based in the Philadelphia area.