Career Pivoting: How to Embrace Change in Your Career Journey

Suzanne Dann is currently the CEO of the Americas 2 Strategic Market Unit at Wipro. She is a seasoned leader in building high-performing teams, partnering with executives and stakeholders across highly matrixed and complex organizations to help accelerate their digital transformations. Suzanne joined Wipro in March 2021. Prior to Wipro, Suzanne was a Corporate VP at Avanade, an Accenture and Microsoft JV, where she ran the P&L for the largest region in the US and delivered double-digit growth over the three years. Suzanne was also the North American Financial Services Executive Sponsor at Avanade, leading go-to-market initiatives nationally as well as the Global Taskforce on Race, Ethnicity, and Inclusion. A passionate people leader, Suzanne has held various roles with increasing responsibilities of teams ranging from 400 to over 8,000 employees. With over 25 years of validated experience in effective strategy-setting, sales, and delivery for global clients across the Fortune 500, Suzanne has a passion for problem-solving that combines people, processes, and technologies. Her primary focus is on financial services and delivering solutions across cloud, SaaS, and cybersecurity. Prior to Avanade, Suzanne was a VP and Global Client Director with IBM, where she spent the bulk of her career. During her tenure there, she was the account leader for one of the top 50 global financial service clients. Before Avanade, Suzanne’s focus was on business-led technology strategy in financial services at IBM and Ernst & Young.   Suzanne graduated from Cornell University, where she earned her BS in Engineering. She also has a passion for cybersecurity, earning her CISSP in 2015. Suzanne lives in New Jersey with her husband and their two children. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, golf and traveling with her family.