CXO Tech Council
Tracy Kerrins
Wells Fargo
Chief Information Officer
Tracy Kerrins is Chief Information Officer, Consumer Technology for Wells Fargo, and works with one of world’s largest information technology groups and its more than 25,000 talented team members who help keep the company at the forefront of America’s diversified financial services companies.
As CIO, Tracy is responsible for developing innovative technology solutions for Wells Fargo, which proudly serves one in three U.S. households and more than 10% of small businesses in the country. She defines the strategic roadmap for new and emerging technology platforms that enable customers to engage with the company and its diversified set of banking, lending, and mortgage products and services. In addition, Tracy is a member of the Wells Fargo India Private Limited board of directors.
Tracy joined Wells Fargo in October 2019 from Antares Capital where she was the Chief Operations and Technology Officer. Prior to that, she served in a number of senior leadership roles over 15 years at Bank of America, including Global Wholesale Credit and Banking Technology Executive, Chief Operations Officer for Global Banking and Markets Technology, and Contact Center Technology Executive. Tracy also worked at Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Tracy is a passionate advocate of diversity in the workplace and has provided leadership to women in technology groups throughout her career. At Wells Fargo, she launched and currently serves as executive sponsor for the Women in Technology advocacy group and previously served as co-chair of the Wells Fargo Technology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
In 2021, American Banker recognized Tracy as a standout in their annual Most Powerful Women in Banking program, an honor for extraordinary leaders in roles of enormous importance. In 2020, she was recognized as one of the Women Worth Watching® in STEM by the Profiles in Diversity Journal and was a finalist for the 2020 Charlotte CIO of the Year ORBIE awards. Tracy was recognized by The Charlotte Business Journal as a “Top 40 Under 40” for being one of the Charlotte, N.C., region’s brightest and most talented up-and-coming business leaders. In addition, she is an Athena Leadership Award finalist. Tracy is a technology thought leader who has been interviewed for podcasts and had blogs published in industry media.
Tracy earned a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. She lives in Charlotte, N.C. with her husband and three children.