Experienced C-Suite Executive
& Global Technology Leader
As CIO, CTO, and digital transformation change agent, Rhonda has lived and worked in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Mumbai, and across India, with extensive and on-going international travel. She has managed teams of up to 20,000 people as part of global leadership across 162 countries while leading IT transformations. She was one of the first female leaders to spearhead offshoring operations. She is an active Board Member and Strategic Advisor to CEOs. In Fall of 2023, she completed NYU Law School - Board of Directors Academy.
An industry leader able to support mergers, create synergies across the lines of business, and leverage her onshore/offshore experience, Rhonda is a results-oriented, client-focused executive who delivers value by driving technology improvements for cost, performance, and business outcomes.
Rhonda is a seasoned and passionate leader in technology across industries, working in global executive positions at Herbalife Nutrition, Santander Bank, nThrive / Pamplona Capital Management, Estée Lauder Companies, AIG, HP Enterprise Services, Barclays / Lehman, Bank One / JPMorgan Chase, CompuServe, UUNET, MCI, and Worldcom.
She contributes her perspective and knowledge by serving on boards for professional, educational, and athletic institutions. She has been recognized for her leadership and influence, notably as Most Influential Businesswoman in Technology 2023, Corporate Vision Magazine (2021), Top CIO/CTO 2021 Tech Inclusion Conference (2021), Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council (2019, 2020), and won the Stevie Award for Excellence in Transforming Business (2017). In March of 2024 she was named one of the top Trailblazing Women.
Rhonda represents The University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in India as its Global Ambassador since October 2022. USTM also named a new Rhonda Vetere Biodiversity Park for her sustainability work around the globe, and she commissioned the ground breaking ceremony for the USTM I Can I Will Academy in Meghalaya, India.
Outside of the board room, Rhonda is the ultimate corporate athlete, competing in IRONMAN 70.3 mile triathlons, marathons, and playing golf at Winged Foot Golf Club. She also mentors students, athletes, and Veterans in STEM through Sports.
Rhonda has been interviewed about her role as a C-Suite executive and influencer by Forbes, Forbes Woman The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Thrive, CNBC, ABC, FOX Busines FOX & Friends, The Economist, CNN, Women of Influence, Financial Post, Gigabit Magazine, and Worth, among many others.
Kind Words
Rhonda was a senior manager at both BankOne and JPMorganChase when I served those firms as corporate CIO. Simply, Rhonda is one of the most talented and committed leaders with whom I’ve ever worked.
There is a long list of strong, positive adjectives I could use to describe Rhonda. She is energetic, committed, customer focused, tough when needed, inspirational, etc… I want to share a not-so-discernible attribute: she is simply the most effective female leader of a male dominated tech and ops workforce I have ever seen.
Austin Adams
Former CIO, JPMorgan Chase
Executive Summary
Rhonda is a seasoned C-suite technology executive and global leader with more than 25 years of experience managing large, global teams. Currently, she runs her own consultancy advising companies on organizational behavior, growth strategy, digital transformation, crisis management, and M&A.
Rhonda has dedicated her life to STEM through sports and giving back. With a heart of gold, Rhonda loves helping others reach their true potential in and out of the corporate world. In January 2023, she joined Laureus Sport for Good Board of Directors.
A results-oriented, client-focused, global executive, Rhonda drives value by delivering technology that improves cost and performance to drive the right business outcomes, recently working as the Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Herbalife Nutrition.
In her role on nThrive’s Executive Leadership Team, Rhonda worked across several businesses as an industry change agent to assist with multiple mergers, creating synergies across the lines of business and leveraging her onshore/offshore experience.
At Estée Lauder Companies from 2013 - 2018, Vetere’s role as Chief Technology Officer included global leadership across 162 countries and running the technology and operations team. She spearheaded the transformation of the IT capabilities foundation into a digital environment at a record industry pace, without business disruption, around the world – while saving $28 million a year.
From 2012 - 2013, Vetere was SVP for Global Technology & Infrastructure at AIG, which included global oversight of teams and supporting over 70,000 associates. Vetere lead the shift of old technologies into state-of-the-art environment in 132 countries. Throughout her tenure at AIG, she managed 33 Service Desks around the world, desktop engineering, insourcing & outsourcing, email, architecture, network, design, storage, mainframe, Citrix, active directory, mobility, unified communications.
Vetere worked two years at HP Enterprise Services as their SVP of Global Enterprise Services Technology & Operations until 2012. Her responsibilities included automation transformation, production engineering, architecture & technology, global operations, and global service management. While at HP, Vetere co-authored “Enterprise Service Management for Dummies” with Bill Sempf.
Vetere was the Managing Director of Technology & Operations at Barclays from 2007 to 2010, and worked two years in their London office. At Barclays, she executed a global plan to migrate non-strategic sites, resulting in a savings of $23.5M.
From 2002 to 2007, Vetere was the Managing Director of the Global Infrastructure Operations Center at Bank One, later JPMorgan Chase, which included a 2-year assignment in Mumbai, India and extensive travel to Hong Kong and Asia during the JPMorgan Chase and Bank One merger in 2004. She was one of the first female leaders to spearhead offshoring in India, setting up JPMorgan operations in Mumbai and Bangalore. Under her direction, in-sourcing and outsourcing efficiencies produced $315M in cost savings.
Vetere worked for twelve years in various positions through mergers at CompuServe, UUNET, AOL, Worldcom, and MCI.
Vetere was born in Fairfax, Virginia and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. She studied Business, Communications, and Spanish at George Mason University, graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Board Roles
Laureus Sport For Good
Board of Directors
The University of Science
& Technology Meghalaya (USTM)
India
National Sports Museum
Advisory Board
ACCF Ambassador
African Community & Conservation Foundation
George Mason University
School of Business
Alumni Executive Board
Corporate Advisory Board
Longwood University
