Supporter Profile
Julie St. John is the retired President of Investment Operations and Information Technology Group and is also the Chief Information Officer for The Capital Group Companies. She joined the management team of Capital in 2007.
Prior to her current role at Capital, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Fannie Mae. In this role she was an executive committee member, and responsible for all of the investment operations and core technology for the company. During this period, Fannie Mae grew into a completely web enabled business, with over 2 trillion in assets. Previously, she held senior technology positions at Marriott Corporation, and led the technology group through a period of major acquisitions and integration of technology platforms. She also formerly led the Strategic Technology and Operations Planning practice for the consulting firm Arthur Young & Company.
Julie has held senior operations, consulting and technology positions in financial services for over 20 years. She has broad experience in strategy and planning, transformational program management, strategic sourcing, and all aspects of global technology and operations management. She values the role that agile operations and technology infrastructure can play in enabling the business. She served on the Capital Group Companies Board of Directors for the past six years and recently joined the CRMC Board of Directors Her recent Transformation Program of the Information Technology Group at Capital resulted in over $150 million save to the company that was used to enable new business channels and services.
Julie served on the Board of Directors at 3COM and was involved in their initial joint venture of Huawei Technologies Co. Huawei continues to be one of the leading telecommunications businesses in China.
She served on the Executive Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of greater Washington, and drove the creation of computer clubhouses for inner city youth to learn web technologies. She received the inaugural Heroines in Technology Award presented by the March of Dimes.. She served as the Chairman of the Board for Project Scientist, a non-profit organization that encourages young girls to pursue STEM careers.
Ms. St. John holds an MBA in Finance from Florida State University and a B.A. in English and Political Science from the University of Michigan. She is a CPA, licensed in Florida, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. St. John was recognized as one of InfoWorld’s Most Influential CTOs and has received the Gartner CIO Choice Award and the Computerworld Premier 100 CIO Award. She was included in the Wall Street Journal & Technology’s Gold Book. Julie was recently inducted into the 2020 IDG CIO Hall of Fame.