Chris Nardecchia

Chris Nardecchia

Chief Digital & Information Officer | P&L Leader | Board Member & Advisor | AI / ML & Automation | Cybersecurity | Business Model Transformation

UnifyTwinCalifornia, United States

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Experience41+ Years

Executive Overview

Chris Nardecchia serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Digital & Information Officer of Rockwell Automation (ROK), the world’s largest pure play industrial automation and IoT company. Before joining ROK, he served as Vice President and Global Divisional Chief Information Officer for Amgen, Inc., the world’s largest bio-technology company, where he created and executed a “raw material to patient” digital strategy. Previously Mr. Nardecchia worked with Pfizer, Inc. for more than 17 years, in process and product design, manufacturing, supply chain and technology positions. He helped integrate two multi-billion-dollar acquisitions, creating the world’s largest pharmaceutical company and helped launch several blockbuster therapies. Chris brings P&L leadership (~$2 B) and extensive technology, business model / digital transformation, cyber-security / risk management, AI & Automation and M &A experience to a Board. In his role at Rockwell Automation, Mr. Nardecchia has strong strategic leadership, driving the company’s enterprise technology and digital strategy to drive accelerated global growth. He is charged with implementing a customer centric operating model to drive subscription, annual recurring revenue and “as a service” offerings. He has broad industry exposure and valuable experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, business continuity, strategic partnerships, manufacturing, software development and scaling companies for growth. Chris also brings the benefits of service on the board of a digital technology startups Fluxa, Inc., (https://fluxa.io/#/home) and UnifyTwin, Inc. (UnifyTwin), participation in Rockwell Automation’s Technology sub-committee, advisor to the Boy Scouts of America and is active in the startup and venture capital community. Mr. Nardecchia holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and a M.B.A. from The Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • UnifyTwinCurrent
    Oct 2021–Present· 4 yrs 11 mos
    • Board MemberCurrent
      Oct 2021–Present
  • Nov 2017–Present· 8 yrs 10 mos
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Information Digital OfficerCurrent
      Nov 2017–Present
  • Dec 2017–Jul 2020· 2 yrs 7 mos
    • Director, Board of Directors
      Dec 2017–Jul 2020
  • Jul 2006–Nov 2017· 11 yrs 4 mos
    • VP, Information & Operations Digital Technologies-Global Operations & Supply Chain
      Feb 2011–Nov 2017
    • Executive Director / CTO, Infrastructure Services, Operations and Transformation
      Jul 2006–Feb 2011
  • May 2000–Jun 2006· 6 yrs 1 mo
    • Director, Information Technology
      May 2000–Jun 2006
  • 1992–May 2000· 8 yrs 4 mos
    • Divisional CIO - Director, Information Technology & Automation - Information Security Officer
      Feb 1997–May 2000
    • Director, IT & Process Automation
      1992–1999
  • 1989–1992· 3 yrs
    • Plant Engineering Manager, Production Manager and Process Automation Manager
      1989–1992
  • 1988–1989· 1 yr
    • Engineer, Production
      1988–1989
  • 1987–1988· 1 yr
    • Engineer, Process
      1987–1988
  • 1985–1987· 2 yrs
    • Process Engineer / Program Manager
      1985–1987

Education

MBA

Integrated Management, Finance, Supply Chain

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

BS

Chemical Engineering

University at Buffalo

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Business IntelligenceERPChange ManagementSoftware Solution ArchitectureQuality ManagementCloud OperationsLeadershipMergers & AcquisitionsProgram ManagementStrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)ManufacturingBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Process AutomationProcess ImprovementData ManagementIT StrategyIndustrial Automation