Speaker
Neelu Sethi is the Chief Information Officer of ReddyIce, where she is responsible for IT strategies and operational management of IT applications and infrastructure of the largest manufacturer of packaged ice products in the United States, distributing approximately 1.8 million tons of ice annually to 82,000 customer locations.
With reputation of a proven servant leader, Neelu has over 22 years of experience in CPG, Hospitality, Healthcare and Textile industries. She is known for delivering business results by engaging people and has recently been recognized as ‘Top 15 Business Women’ in Dallas. As a business technologist, Neelu offers a unique blend of executive acumen, global team-building, IT solutions development that enables innovation, problem solving and value creation culture.
Prior to joining ReddyIce, Neelu held various executive positions with ClubCorp and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. She has built many responsive organizations that consistently deliver results by aligning technology initiatives with business goals, through substantial improvement to service delivery, standardization, and business/systems performance.
She has successfully led IT Operations delivering broad range of business solutions for Corporate, Commercial and Supply Chain functions including Logistics, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Engineering, Procurement, Consumer Relations, Facilities and Environmental Health & Safety. Her achievements extend across numerous disciplines including strategy, digital transformation, delivering complex system implementations and enterprise wide IT operations such as Applications service delivery, Data center management, IT Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, PMO, IT Procurement and IT Finance.
Neelu holds a Masters Degree in Computer Applications from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India and a Masters degree in Mathematics from Delhi University, India. She is a motivational speaker and is an active participant of the CIO Technology Executive Network, National Diversity & Inclusion Forums, Women Leadership Groups and serves as a board member of two non-profit organizations. She lives in Dallas with her husband and their son.