Mary Gendron

About Mary Gendron

Ms. Gendron is a CIO and an expert in bringing about cultural/operational transformations to a variety of industries by leveraging technology knowledge, vision, strategy and leadership, and in developing/executing IT and talent-focused strategies, services and plans. She has led complex global organizations, driving proactive business strategies required to develop differentiation and has consistently generated customer, shareholder and employee value.As SVP/CIO at Hospira and a Senior Leadership Team Member, she oversaw the Company’s global operating effectiveness while undertaking key activities to ensure an effective first day launch for the Pfizer acquisition. She assessed/analyzed and quickly improved the IT landscape to meet evolving needs as Hospira expanded globally and into the biosimilars market; developed/ communicated a more compelling IT vision/strategy, identified key priority initiatives to improve enterprise-wide engagement and service delivery, and drove operational efficiencies.Before, Ms. Gendron served as CIO and SVP at Celestica, providing technology vision, strategy, and leadership for the development/implementation of IT programs, initiatives/investments, while supporting Celestica’s strategic long term transformation objectives and customer business operations. She transformed IT into a strategic business partner in 24 months by transitioning to a global SAP platform across 18 manufacturing sites, bringing global consistency to shop-floor processes, enabling a global workforce to meet various customer specific demands/build various products on the same foundation, and identifying emerging quality errors quicker. She also accelerated corporate decision making, increased employee engagement, and reduced costs/increased capability spend by replacing Lotus notes e-mail with a Google platform.Earlier, Ms. Gendron served in executive positions at The Nielsen Company, Motorola, and Bell Canada. She earned a B.ENG. from McGill University.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Serving Seniors

   Jul 2025 — Present

Education

• McGill University

  Engineering, Mechanical

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Strategy
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Development
• IT Strategy
• Operations Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Transformation
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Outsourcing
• Enterprise Architecture
• Management
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Six Sigma
• Business Intelligence
• Erp
• Project Management
• IT Management
• Change Management
• Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Sdlc
• Operational Excellence
• Supply Chain
• Leadership
• Manufacturing