Oil and gas
10 CIOs in Oil and Gas
These ten executives serve as chief information officers at oil and gas companies. A reader can learn how oil and gas CIOs set technology strategy, run IT and cybersecurity organizations, and support operating businesses such as exploration, refining and fuel transport.
Professionals to explore
01—10Joe Carroll
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer & Head of Cybersecurity · CITGO
Chief Information Officer & Head of Cybersecurity at CITGO since February 2022, leading CITGO Petroleum's Information Technology & Cybersecurity organization. At CITGO he was also General Manager of Information Technology & Cybersecurity (CIO CISO Equivalent Role) (2019–2022) and Manager (Director Equivalent) IT Applications - Hydrocarbon Supply Chain and SAP Integration (2007–2018).
Kishore Sundararajan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Weatherford
Chief Information Officer at Weatherford, an oil and gas company that provides drilling and evaluation services, since February 2023. His profile also lists SVP Integrity Management & Digital Solutions at Oceaneering (2020–2022) and President, Engineering & Product Management, Oil Field Services at Baker Hughes (2017–2019).
Les Copeland
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Chevron
Chief Information Officer at Chevron since April 2024, based in Houston. His profile also lists CIO roles at General Motors, including CIO, Global Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain and Purchasing, and Workplace Safety IT (2023–2024), Chief Information Officer, Global Digital EV Commerce (2020–2023) and CIO, Global Data Strategy, Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Services (2016–2020).
Lucas Randall
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Flint Hills Resources
Chief Information Officer at Flint Hills Resources, an oil and gas company, since October 2020. His Flint Hills Resources roles also include Chief Technology Officer (2019–2020), Director - Digital Transformation (2018–2019), Manager of Application Development (2016–2018) and Manager Information Architecture (2015–2016).
Nguyen Tran
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Colonial Pipeline Company
Chief Information Officer at Colonial Pipeline Company since February 2026. The profile describes Colonial Pipeline as an oil and gas company and critical energy infrastructure that transports more than 100 million gallons of fuel; it lists no other roles.
Ramon Grimaldo Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Chief Information Officer · HF Sinclair
Vice President & Chief Information Officer at HF Sinclair, an independent petroleum refiner, since June 2024. His profile also lists Head of Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology Services at Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018–2024), Sr Director, IT Mergers & Acquisitions at Andeavor (2018) and Sr. Director, IT Engagement, Strategy & Planning at Tesoro Corporation (2017–2018).
Rocco Ivanovich
LinkedInExperience: Head of Information Technology CIO · Golden Pass LNG
Head of Information Technology CIO at Golden Pass LNG, which the profile describes as an oil and gas company and LNG company in North America, since April 2023. His profile also lists Chief Information Officer at EDF Trading North America (2018–2023) and Vice President of Information Technology CIO at Dynegy, Inc. (1984–2018).
Sarita Das
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · bp
Chief Information Officer at bp since June 2025, based in Houston; the profile headline gives the remit as CIO, Gas and Power Trading Americas. Sarita Das's other bp roles include Chief Architect (2019–2025), Lead Business Architect (2011–2019) and Functional Architect (2003–2011).
Sean Petersen
LinkedInExperience: VP & CIO · Murphy Oil Corporation
VP & CIO at Murphy Oil Corporation, a global oil exploration and production company, since August 2025. His Murphy Oil roles also include Vice President, Subsurface (2022–2025), General Manager Subsurface (2020–2022), General Manager Canada Operations (2019–2020) and General Manager Kaybob Operations (2016–2019).
Stephen D.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Hunt Oil Company
Chief Information Officer at Hunt Oil Company since December 2020, after serving there as Director, IT Infrastructure (Operations & Architecture) (2019–2020). His profile says he leads IT for a global oil and gas company, and it also lists Director, IT Infrastructure at Dean Foods (2016–2019) and Vice President, Professional Services at Clear Technologies (2011–2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the part of the value chain behind your question, since IT priorities differ between upstream producers, refiners, pipelines and service companies. Look at the path each person took to the CIO role, such as infrastructure, architecture, operations or cybersecurity, and pick the one closest to your decision.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split IT investment between keeping operations running and funding new digital or data projects?
- 02How do you organize cybersecurity for operational technology at field sites, plants or pipelines compared with corporate IT?
- 03Which technology decisions after a merger, divestiture or system replacement would you make differently if you did them again?
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