Sam Medina Advisory Board Member Westport, CT

Sam Medina is a global information technology executive who specializes in helping companies successfully compete in international markets. Mr. Medina is currently the Group CIO at Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker headquartered in London, UK with more than 400 offices in 120 countries, and approximately 17,000 employees. Prior to this, he spent more than a year at Tata Consultancy Services as Director, Insurance Strategy and Growth, and served for eight years as the SVP, Global CIO and CTO for General Reinsurance, one of Warren Buffett’s treasured Berkshire Hathaway companies. He was a member of the senior executive team that led the integration of acquired companies into a single global and highly profitable reinsurance corporation.

In addition, Mr. Medina has served in other executive positions including VP, CIO for Xerox Americas Customer Operations from 1995 to 2000, VP, Global Planning for MasterCard International from 1989 to 1995, and AVP, International Planning and Systems for Citibank from1984 to 1989. In each of these positions he was responsible for creating high performance information technology and operations teams, and for formulating technology strategies to increase profits and market share in international markets. He has conducted business in over 100 countries, assisting C-level executives and board of directors with their technology planning and investment decisions.