Chief Technology Officer
Save the Children
Ron Guerrier is a distinguished technology leader with over 25 years of experience driving innovation and transformation across the public and private sectors. He currently serves as Board Director SustainableIT.org, Board Advisor HTEC, and the Chief Technology Officer for Save the Children, where he leverages technology to enhance global programs benefiting the most vulnerable children. In 2023 alone, Save the Children programs and partners helped 105.9 million children in 115 countries become healthier, safer and better educated.
Most recently he served as the Global Chief Information Officer for HP Inc. This role was responsible for further building out a world-class IT organization, to deliver and enable the highest levels of productivity for over 70,000 employees, contractors, and partners around the globe. Prior he served on Governor JB Pritzker’s Cabinet as the CIO and Secretary of Innovation & Technology for the State of Illinois, held the position of CIO at Express Scripts, at the time, the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager, and functioned in the same role at Farmers Insurance Group from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, Guerrier spent 19 years at Toyota North America, rising from repossessions coordinator to chief information officer for the Financial Services division. Guerrier earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in operations management and supervision from North Park University.
Throughout his career, Guerrier has earned numerous honors and awards, including the 2019 & 2020 Crane’s Top50 Award, 2019 & 2020 Top Technology Executive to Watch from HMG Strategy, Gartner’s 2018 CIO Breakaway Leader of the Year, 2018 CIO Digital Edge50 Award, LA Business Journal’s CIO Lifetime Achievement Award, 4x CIO100 Award recipient, 2020 Orbie Chicago CIO of the Year, 2020 StateScoop State Executive of the Year, the 2022 ITSMF Global Technology Executive of the Year, 2022 Forbes50 CIO Next List. He has also written numerous articles for publications such as GovCIO, Entrepreneur, CIO Review, and Fortune Magazines.
In 2022, Guerrier was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame, recognizing his visionary leadership in the technology field. Guerrier is currently pursuing a doctorate degree from the University of Southern California, focusing on Digital Equity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. He has spoken on the subject at various forums including AfroTech & Sustainable IT Symposium while is doing the same at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.