James McGlennon
Former Global CIO of Liberty Mutual Insurance
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James McGlennon joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in August of 2022. James has more than 30 years of experience leading global technology organizations across Insurance, Telecommunications, and Banking.
While at Liberty Mutual, James drove the company’s industry-leading digital transformation, scaling global technology and resources to provide innovative solutions for customers and employees. He established the technology organization as a pillar of business strategy as the company more than doubled to $50B in size. Leading a team of nearly 15,000 employees, contractors, and consultants around the world he built a culture of continual learning, smart risk-taking, and agility.
Under James’ leadership, Liberty Mutual Technology earned a spot on the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Computerworld “Best Places to work in IT” list. James was named to the Forbes CIO Next 2021 list, received the 2019 Irish American Magazine “Business 100 Award”, and earned the CIO of the Year® ORBIE Leadership Award® from Boston CIO in 2018. He was also a finalist for the MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award in 2022.
James has global experience with a successful track record in managing technology supply chains and support models. James holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from the University of Galway, Ireland and has completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.