Software Engineering: Where we are and where are we going?

Come hear Carlyle's Managing Director and CIO, Georgette Kiser, talk to BCC about the current and future state of Software Engineering. Georgette has over 28 years in the tech industry, and we look forward to her imparting knowledge on our BCC family.

Georgette's Bio:

Georgette Kiser (B.S. ’89, mathematics) is a Managing Director and Chief Information Officer at The Carlyle Group, where she is responsible for leading the firm’s global technology and solutions organization. She develops and drives information technology strategies across the global enterprise, which includes the firm’s application development, data, digital, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program management and outsourcing activities.

Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, Kiser was vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., where she
headed enterprise solutions and capabilities within the services and technology organization. Kiser also previously worked in the aerospace unit of General Electric.

Kiser has received numerous awards, including Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Award (2017) and the T. Rowe Price Manager Excellence Award (2000). She has also been named to Savoy magazine’s list of Top Influential Women in Corporate America (2016), chosen as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council (2016) and selected for The Baltimore Sun’s Top 50 Women to Watch in Baltimore list (2014).

In addition to receiving her bachelor’s degree from UMD, Kiser received a master’s degree in mathematics from Villanova University and an MBA from the University of Baltimore.

Kiser has served on various nonprofit boards, including the T. Rowe Price Foundation Board, the Maryland Business Roundtable STEMnet Advisory Board and the University of Baltimore Foundation. Kiser currently serves on the board for Year Up (National Capital Region) and the Boys’ Latin School of Maryland.