Want to have lunch with one of the top chief information officers in North Carolina? The North Carolina Technology Association is offering an on-line auction for the opportunities. 

CIOs participating include:

  • Jo Abernathy, CIO – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina;
  • Doug Debrecht, VP Information Technology & CIO – B/E Aerospace;
  • Ronnie Bryant, VP of IT – Charlotte Hornets;
  • Darrell Thompson, Vice President Information Systems & Services – Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated;
  • Ro Lissenden, Director, IT – Credit Suisse;
  • Dan Minto, President & CEO – Deutsche Bank;
  • Dede Ramoneda, EVP & CIO – First Citizens Bank;
  • George Reichert, CIO – Genworth;
  • Mark Wright, SVP Customer Facing Products – LabCorp;
  • Jerry Fralick, Chief Security Officer – Lenovo;
  • Victor Fetter, CIO – LPL Financial;
  • John Mohr, Vice President & CIO – Martin Marietta;
  • Neale D’Rozario, CIO – RTI;
  • Keith Collins, EVP & CIO – SAS;
  • Jim Spicer, EVP & CIO, Community Bank – Wells Fargo.

The auction is a fund-raiser for NCTA’s education program which supports women pursuing a STEM academic and career paths. This is the third year for the offer. 

The auction runs online for 24 hours, starting Thursday Dec. 8 at noon.

“The CIO auction is a fun way to combine valuable business connections with lending support to NCTA’s work on behalf of the tech sector and our charitable/education programming,” says Brooks Raiford, CEO of NCTA.

The online auction can be found on the NCTA website at:

www.nctechnology.org.