Biography

Jackie Barretta has a 25-year history as a successful Information Technology leader in Higher Education, Fortune 500 businesses, and Big Four consulting firms. She has led large organizations with hundreds of employees through challenging times and major transformations. She is currently the CIO at Willamette University. Jackie's book, Primal Teams, was published by the American Management Association, and she has had several articles published in Information Week and CIO magazine. Her work with teams has won her widespread recognition and dozens of prestigious awards, including ComputerWorld's Premier 100 IT Leaders, Information Week's Innovator of the Year, and CIO Magazine's Enterprise Value Award. She has served on the advisory boards of Hewlett Packard, Teradata, and the CIO Executive Council. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master's degree in organizational communication from Marylhurst University.