10 Ameren IT leaders
Senior vice president and chief digital and information officer, senior director of enterprise data, AI and analytics and director of enterprise integration services are current titles held by these ten Ameren IT leaders. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Ameren from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Christopher Beeson
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Customer and Trade Floor Operations · Ameren
Christopher Beeson has been Director, Digital Customer and Trade Floor Operations at Ameren since September 2026. Christopher Beeson was Director, Corporate Solutions & ERP Products at Ameren in 2026, Director, Corporate Solutions there from 2022 to 2026, Senior Software Engineering Manager there in 2022 and Software Engineering Manager there from 2017 to 2021.
David Hammon
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Digital Field, Grid, & IT-OT Integration · Ameren
David Hammon has been Sr. Director Digital Field, Grid, & IT-OT Integration at Ameren since March 2025. David Hammon was Sr. Director ITOT & Digital Field Services at Ameren from 2022 to 2025, Technology Delivery Lead Associate Director at Accenture from 2021 to 2022 and Senior Manager at Accenture from 2011 to 2021.
Dean Woolcott
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Workspace Services · Ameren
Dean Woolcott has been Director, Digital Workspace Services at Ameren since January 2025. Dean Woolcott was Director, Data Management, Collaboration & Voice at Ameren from 2022 to 2025, Director, Engineering & Architecture there from 2021 to 2022 and Senior Manager, Digital Technology Engineering, Architecture & Operational Excellence there in 2020.
Deepak Suresh
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Emerging Solutions & Transformation · Ameren
Deepak Suresh has been Senior Director - Emerging Solutions & Transformation at Ameren since December 2025. Deepak Suresh was Principal Enterprise Architect at Ameren from 2020 to 2026, Senior Technical Architect at Ameren from 2017 to 2025 and Senior Software Developer at InteliSpend from 2009 to 2017.
Eric Herr
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Digital and Information Officer · Ameren
Eric Herr has been Senior Vice President & Chief Digital and Information Officer at Ameren since August 2026, and has also held the Ameren titles Vice President, Digital Network, Infrastructure, and Operations since March 2025 and Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer since June 2023. Eric Herr was Senior Director, Digital Technology and Operations at Ameren from 2020 to 2023.
Jaime Haro
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Enterprise Data, AI & Analytics · Ameren
Jaime Haro has been Senior Director of Enterprise Data, AI & Analytics at Ameren since September 2024, and the profile describes leading the intersection of enterprise data, artificial intelligence and analytics. Jaime Haro was Senior Director Corporate Strategy and Risk Management at Ameren from 2021 to 2025 and Senior Director Risk Management there from 2020 to 2021.
Joe Rolfes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Enterprise Integration Services · Ameren
Joe Rolfes has been Director, Enterprise Integration Services at Ameren since August 2022, based in St. Louis, Missouri. Joe Rolfes was Senior Manager Center of Automation at Ameren from 2019 to 2022, Manager - Center of Automation there in 2019, ITSM Process Manager there from 2017 to 2019 and Infrastructure Specialist III there from 2015 to 2017.
Paul Straughn
LinkedInExperience: Director, Identity and Access Management · Ameren
Paul Straughn has been Director, Identity and Access Management at Ameren since September 2019. Paul Straughn was Director, Enterprise Architecture, Integration and Identity at Ameren from 2017 to 2019, Director, IT Infrastructure and Data Center Operations there from 2015 to 2017 and Director - IT App Development Enterprise Applications there from 2007 to 2015.
Richard Limburg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Network and Private LTE · Ameren
Richard Limburg has been Director, Digital Network and Private LTE at Ameren since August 2023, and the profile headline gives the title as Director, Digital Technology. Richard Limburg was Global Director Security Systems Engineering at Cisco from 2021 to 2023 and Director Security Sales Operations - Global Enterprise Accounts at Cisco from 2020 to 2021.
Robert L Childs Jr
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer (Enterprise Transformation, AI Strategy, Op Model) · Ameren
Robert L Childs Jr was SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Ameren from 2025 to 2026, and the profile describes accountability for enterprise digital and technology strategy and operating model transformation. Robert L Childs Jr was SVP & Chief Information Officer at Ameren from 2023 to 2025 and Vice President Digital Products & Innovation there from 2019 to 2023.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What took most of your time in your current IT role, and how did you decide what to handle yourself?
- 02How did you balance keeping existing systems running against modernization work on your teams?
- 03What did you carry over from earlier roles that changed how you lead technology teams?
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