
Jim Chilton is a technology executive, board director, and AI strategist with over 25 years of experience leading enterprise transformations across software, education, and cybersecurity. He is the author of Enterprise Coherence in the Age of AI: The Macro Process Wheel™ Framework, a #1 New Release in Management Information Systems.
He serves as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Ventures at Southern New Hampshire University and as a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital. He has served as CTO and CIO for global enterprises, leading digital modernization, AI strategy, and large-scale technology integration across multi-billion-dollar organizations, including 16 years at Dassault Systèmes as CIO of the SolidWorks business unit.
Chilton is a five-time CIO, a recipient of the Boston CIO of the Year ORBIE Award, and a finalist for National CIO of the Year. He serves on the boards of Pluralsight, Dreamscape Learn, 1EdTech, and MassHire, and is Vice Chair of BostonCIO. His writing has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., The Enterprisers Project, and the National CIO Review.