John Napoli, Guardian Life Head of Transformation, AI, and Delivery, Joins CDO Magazine Global Editorial Board

(US and Canada) We are pleased to welcome John Napoli to CDO Magazine’s Global Editorial Board. Napoli is the Head of Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, &. Delivery (TRAID) for Guardian Life Insurance (GLIC).

Guardian is a 160-year-old Fortune 250 company that has invested heavily in modernization and transformation with over $800 billion in life insurance in force, $90 billion in assets under management, $11 billion in capital, $1.7 billion in operating income, and annually declares approximately $1.4 billion in policyholder dividends.

Napoli is partnering with the businesses to spearhead enterprise transformation, automation, transparency, and strategic execution to continuously improve delivery, reduce waste, increase productivity, and ultimately positively impact GLIC’s bottom line. This team empowers the many positive changes already happening in GLIC by providing a holistic integrated approach to business architecture, process optimization and improvement, the operating model, digitization, insights, portfolio management and reporting, and more. It also catalyzes Guardian’s investment in AI by providing company-wide alignment, identifying use cases, managing implementation roadmaps, and tracking benefits.

Previously, Napoli was the Chief Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan Chase’s Chief Technology and Data Offices. His responsibilities included overseeing the firmwide strategy, governance, and risk and control guardrails for the firm’s public cloud, artificial intelligence & machine learning, data management, engineer experience, distributed ledger, service management, low code, Web3, and quantum computing platforms.

With over 25 years in financial services technology and operations, Napoli has been an employee for firms such as Deutsche Bank, Broadridge, and the New York Stock Exchange (SIAC); as a management and technology consultant; as a financial services lead for a technology company BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle), and as a founder of a related system integration firm. 

Napoli graduated with a Master of Business Administration in Finance & Management and a Master of Science in Computer Science from New York University, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Georgetown University.  Napoli is also a certified AWS Machine Learning Specialist, AWS Cloud Solutions Architect, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 5 Agilist.

As global thought leaders, CDO Magazine’s Editorial Board of top executives share their expert opinions and innovations in data and analytics. The board ensures that we champion the best companies, leaders, and insights that accelerate our community’s success. Members may serve as editorial writers, reviewers, content developers, and conference speakers.

The CDO Magazine community welcomes John Napoli to our growing Global Editorial Board membership.