These days JPMorgan Chase is in good hands with Andrew Lang serving as its Global Chief Technology Officer. A technology leader, Lang has a long track record of driving technical, cultural, and operational transformations for some of the biggest businesses around. Among his career milestones, Lang has been recognized as a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computer World and holds several technology patents.
Lang, who has served as JPMorgan Chase's Global CTO since August 2018, has wide-ranging expertise leading enterprise architecture, applications design and development, data center, network, engineering, and testing organizations. As Global CTO, he is responsible for evaluating new and emerging technologies as well as setting and leading the global technology strategy and shared services. This includes enterprise architecture, cloud computing, AI/ML, blockchain, API, and more.
In addition, Lang is a member of the company's Global Technology Leadership Team and Global Technology Operating Committee and is Chair of the JPMorgan Chase Distinguished Engineer community. Notably, JPMorgan Chase is the largest financial institution in the U.S., boasting almost $3 trillion in assets under management.
Lang began his career in 1984 at IBM after graduating from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science. A few years later, he pursued post graduate studies at Stanford University through an IBM sponsorship. After nearly a decade with Big Blue, Lang moved over to Visa, putting his expertise to use as SVP of Architecture and Development, a position he held for more than five years. From there, he would hold major leadership positions at US Bank, Aetna, and Cargill – until he was appointed SVP and CIO of WellPoint, one of America's largest health benefits companies, where he was responsible for all aspects of information technology services.
Most recently, Lang spent nearly five years as EVP and global CIO at Wolters Kluwer, where he was crucial in guiding the company's advancement of back-office applications and infrastructure technology capabilities.
Today, on top of his CTO duties, Lang also serves on the Board of Directors of HiLabs, which offers machine learning solutions for the healthcare industry.