Steve Weber

Steve Weber is vice president, executive partner of Gartner Executive Programs (EXP), where he covers the U.S. Midwest region. In this role, he provides direction, mentoring, and customized support to Chief Information Officers, helping them manage IT challenges and initiatives.

Prior to joining Gartner, Weber was the senior VP and CIO for One America Financial Partners, a mutual holding company based in Indianapolis, Ind., and Aid Association for Lutherans (now Thrivent), a financial services organization based in Appleton, Wisc.. In both roles, he pioneered the concept of “Best Solution”—providing technology solutions before the organization asks as a way to improve responsiveness and fit to business needs. His diverse background includes bottom line accountability for a strategic business unit, oversight of enterprise marketing and communications departments, the human resource function, and corporate strategic planning.

Being an actuary by profession, he has extensive experience in risk management and financial operations, and has successfully applied both disciplines to the management of technology. He was also a pioneer in the use of outsourcing, project management offices, vendor management offices, hardware, and a unique leadership development process for technology/business managers and department heads. He has personally mentored over 50 IT and business leaders.

Weber has spoken on technology and leadership at the Association for Corporate Growth, the LIMRA Marketing Forum, the Society of Actuaries annual meeting, the Project Management Institute, DCI Project Management Conference, the Society of Information Management CIO Roundtable, the Association of Lutheran Development Executives, and numerous sales conferences.

A Fellow in the Society of Actuaries and a Chartered Life Underwriter, Weber received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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