10 BDO USA IT leaders
Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer are among the current titles held by these BDO USA IT leaders, along with a chief data and AI officer and directors over the Office of the CIO, ITSM, end-user services and AI and technology strategy. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at BDO USA from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Bill Wadlington
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT, Office of the CIO · BDO USA
Bill Wadlington has been Director of IT, Office of the CIO at BDO USA since November 2025, based in Madison, Mississippi, with a headline reading Director of IT, Government Services. Bill Wadlington was Deputy Chief Information Officer at HORNE from 2024 to 2025 and held IT Project Manager and Senior Manager roles there from 2006 to 2024.
Jason Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Cloud and Infrastructure · BDO USA
Jason Cooper is a former Director of Cloud and Infrastructure at BDO USA, a role held from September 2024 to December 2025. Jason Cooper has been Senior Principal, Cloud at Slalom since February 2026, based in Wayne, Michigan, and was a Senior Solutions Architect at Netrix Global from 2019 to 2024.
Jason Sypkens
LinkedInExperience: Director, AI & Technology Strategy · BDO USA
Jason Sypkens has been Director, AI & Technology Strategy at BDO USA since August 2026, based in Hudsonville, Michigan. Jason Sypkens was Senior Manager of AI Engineering at BDO USA from 2023 to 2026, Senior Manager of Technical Innovation from 2022 to 2023 and Innovation Development Manager from 2017 to 2022.
Jim Maza
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · BDO USA
Jim Maza has been Chief Information Officer at BDO USA since April 2026, based in the Chicago area. Jim Maza was Chief Information Officer at Marsh McLennan Agency from 2021 to 2026, Senior Vice President, Information Technology at Assurance, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC company from 2016 to 2021 and CIO at Opportunity International from 2013 to 2016.
Joshua DeJonge
LinkedInExperience: Director, ITSM · BDO USA
Joshua DeJonge has been Director, ITSM at BDO USA since January 2026, based in the Grand Rapids area, with a headline naming the firm's ServiceNow platform. Joshua DeJonge also lists a Sr. Manager, ITSM role there from 2023 to 2026, was ITSM Manager from 2022 to 2023 and Lead ITSM Analyst from 2021 to 2022.
Mike Gerhard
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data and Artifical Intelligence Officer · BDO USA
Mike Gerhard has been Chief Data and Artifical Intelligence Officer at BDO USA since August 2024, based in Rockford, Michigan, with a headline reading Chief Data and AI Officer at BDO USA, LLP. Mike Gerhard was a Senior Director at BDO USA from 2001 to 2024.
Rich Rottman
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · BDO USA
Rich Rottman has been Chief Technology Officer at BDO USA since March 2003, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a profile headline that repeats the same title. Rich Rottman's About section also gives the title Chief Technology Officer, and the BDO USA row carries no end date.
Russ Ahlers
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · BDO USA
Russ Ahlers is a former Chief Information Officer at BDO USA, a role held from January 2015 to September 2026, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Russ Ahlers was Global Information Technology Director at BDO International from 2010 to 2015 and an Application Services Manager at BDO USA from 2003 to 2010.
Thomas Walch
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · BDO USA
Thomas Walch has been Chief Information Security Officer at BDO USA since September 2016, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and lists ISO27001 certification and SOC2 audits among the projects on the profile. Thomas Walch was Director, Infrastructure Services at BDO USA from 1997 to 2016 and Network Manager at Aquinas College from 1990 to 1997.
Troy Cherry
LinkedInExperience: Director, End-USer Services · BDO USA
Troy Cherry has been Director, End-USer Services at BDO USA since September 1994, based in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Troy Cherry was a Senior Network Engineer at Hand Held Products from 1992 to 1994 and a Network Engineer at William Ives Consulting from 1989 to 1992.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your IT role at BDO USA, and why?
- 02How do you decide which technology to standardize, and what has that decision taught you?
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