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Curtis Hughes

Midrex Technologies

Curtis Hughes is a seasoned, strategic, and people-focused business and technology leader with a proven track record of building award-winning teams and driving digital leadership, strategic planning, and successful execution across organizations from startups to multinationals.

Over the past 25 years, he has served as a trusted business leader and technology strategist for corporations and government agencies across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His experience spans software and product development, founding and scaling two award-winning technology consulting firms, and, most recently as CIO, defining and executing digital strategies that deliver innovative and transformational solutions to customers, partners, and employees in over 20 countries globally.

He is also passionate about sharing his knowledge through writing and speaking on leadership and technology trends, including digital transformation, workplace experience, the future of work, collaboration and productivity, employee experience and engagement, people and culture, leadership, and organizational change.

Curtis holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and in addition to the CXO Tech Council, he currently serves on the Advisory Board for CharlotteCIO and previously served in leadership roles on the Information Technology Advisory Council for the American Red Cross, and the Board of Advisors for the UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics. He has been twice named a Charlotte CIO of the Year finalist and was honored as one of Charlotte’s “40 Under 40” in 2012, recognizing both his business achievements and commitment to the community.