Daphne E. Jones

Daphne E. Jones is a seasoned executive with extensive experience transforming business processes and implementing digital technologies to drive market growth, seamless customer fulfillment & internal efficiencies within Fortune 50 corporations. She has over thirty years of experience in general management and executive level roles at IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hospira (now Pfizer) and General Electric. 

During her tenure at GE, she served as: SVP for Future of Work, and ran the information technology department as SVP & CIO Product Engineering, Imaging & Aftermarket Services, a $13B segment of GE Healthcare. She helped innovate with AI, enabling predictive maintenance, design for additive and other advanced technologies to help GE be the first movers in the healthcare market. She co-led a global team that defined GE’s Digital DNA. 

Prior to GE Healthcare, her early career days were spent at IBM and Johnson & Johnson as Executive Director, VP IT, followed by her role as SVP & CIO at Hospira, Inc. a $5B global pharma & and infusion technology company. At Hospira, she led all aspects of Hospira’s enterprise, infrastructure, cyber, digital & analytics technology.

Daphne serves on the board of directors for AMN Healthcare, Inc., Barnes Group Inc, and Masonite International Corp, and is on audit, compensation & governance committees. Named by Savoy Magazine, “one of most influential AA Directors in 2021”, she is a member of the NACD, Accenture Cybersecurity Council, The Digital Directors Network (DDN), and the ELC. She is the founder of The Board Curators – a company that prepares senior leaders for board service (www.theboardcurators.com) and is launching her book in Fall 2022 from McGraw-Hill entitled “Win When They Say You Won’t.” Her thought-leadership makes her a sought after speaker on personal leadership and transformation.