Textron

Todd A. Kackley is vice president and chief information officer for Textron Inc. In this role, he leads the business unit chief information officers and the Textron Information Services (TIS) organization. He oversees Textron's Information Management Council, responsible for developing and executing a high-performance information technology (IT) and digital strategy and participates as a member of the Textron executive leadership team. Prior to his current role, Kackley was executive vice president and chief information officer for Bell where he developed and executed IT and digital strategy, aligning business systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity and development capabilities to the needs of the business. Kackley joined Textron in 2008 and held various positions of increasing responsibility within IT at Textron Corporate, Bell and Textron Systems, where he was named vice president and CIO in 2015. Before joining Textron, he held various leadership positions focusing on IT strategy and enterprise system implementations within the United States and internationally. Kackley earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baker College. He also completed Textron’s Senior Executive Leadership Programs at Duke University and the University of North Carolina. He currently serves on the governing body of the Dallas Evanta CIO Forum.