Marty Otten

About Marty Otten

As a seasoned executive IT leader, I bring deep expertise in navigating complex, highly regulated industries to deliver transformative technology solutions that drive measurable business value and enterprise growth. My career spans leadership of global technology teams and enterprise portfolios, consistently aligning IT strategy with business priorities to accelerate innovation, operational efficiency, and customer-centric outcomes.Recognized for leading high-impact digital and AI transformations, I excel at scaling capabilities across global teams, building centers of excellence, and optimizing delivery models in both mature and rapidly evolving business environments. My leadership philosophy is grounded in trusted relationships, disciplined execution, and outcome-driven planning—ensuring technology delivers tangible value in support of organizational goals.

Experience

1. Vice President Information Technology

   Illumina

   Apr 2023 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Serve as an enterprise-wide technology leader for Illumina, overseeing a strategic portfolio supporting customer-facing services, digital platforms, CRM, and field service management. As interim CIO, I provide executive leadership during a period of significant transformation, ensuring technology investments support business growth in a highly regulated, global life sciences environment-Direct global teams in developing and supporting critical platforms including illumina.com, MyIllumina, and Illumina Lab Services, driving business performance across multiple regions-Champion global e-commerce expansion, including launching China-specific capabilities that generated $2.3M in incremental annual revenue-Lead the strategic business case and enterprise delivery of Illumina’s Customer Data Platform (CDP), establishing a single source of truth to enhance customer experience and commercial effectiveness driving an additional $13M in annual revenue by creating greater marketing effectiveness and customer insights-Serve as a strategic advisor to Commercial, Marketing, and Services leaders—translating business needs into scalable digital capabilities for a complex life sciences and medical device company-Established and led the Generative AI Center of Excellence to accelerate responsible AI adoption across the enterprise-Orchestrate cross-functional alignment through Illumina’s Five-Year Transformation Program, driving integration, efficiency, and enterprise agility-Lead global delivery optimization through expanded talent models in India and Mexico, improving service levels while reducing cost by over $2M annual run rate-Govern technology spend to improve efficiency and ensure alignment with broader corporate financial goals.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Artificial Intelligence for Executives

  2020 — 2020

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  AI for Business Leaders, Artificial Intelligence

  2020 — 2020

• University of Minnesota

  Bachelor of Science, Agriculture Business Management

• University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business

  MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2006 — 2011

Skills

• Program Management
• Management
• Project Planning
• Vendor Management
• Business Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Leadership
• Retail
• Enterprise Software
• Change Management
• IT Strategy
• Saas
• Strategy
• Databases
• Project Delivery
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Process
• Business Intelligence
• Pmo
• Business Process Improvement
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)