Charlie Feld is one of America’s most recognized and successful Chief Information Officers (CIO) and information-technology consultants. As founder and CEO of The Feld Group—based in Dallas, Texas—Feld built a team of information technology executives that enabled dramatic results in Fortune 500 companies through the transformation of their own IT organizations. The Feld Group was acquired by EDS in 2004, which was subsequently purchased by Hewlett-Packard in 2008. In September 2008, Feld retired as a senior executive vice president and member of EDS’ Executive Committee. The Feld Group was re-launched as a Leadership Development firm in 2009.

Before forming The Feld Group in 1992, he was vice president/CIO at Frito-Lay, Inc. He began his association with Frito-Lay in 1970 as a systems engineer for IBM on the Frito-Lay account, playing a key role in developing the company’s computer network over an 11-year period. In 1981, he joined Frito-Lay as CIO with responsibility for implementing an integrated computer system – including a hand-held computer network for its 10,000 sales people which earned the company world renown.

Feld has garnered accolades from numerous sources, including Business 2.0 and Computerworld magazines. He has also been featured in InformationWeek and CIO magazines, which placed him among its “5 Top CIOs” in 2001. In 1997, Feld was named “One of the 12 Most Influential IT Executives of the Past Decade” by CIO magazine and Computerworldnamed him as one of “25 IT People to Watch in 1998.” His articles on IT leadership topics have appeared regularly inComputerworld Executive Suite, Harvard Business Review, and CIO magazine. He has received several industry awards, including the Smithsonian Award for Technology Excellence and the Carnegie Mellon Award for Innovative Technology. In addition, The Feld Group’s work has been the subject of multiple case studies appearing in the Harvard Business School, MIT and McKinsey Quarterly.

Charlie Feld earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the City University of New York, Hunter College.