Carla Wheeler

Carla Wheeler is the Corporate Vice President of Technology at a leading software company in Silicon Valley. A charismatic and influential thought leader, Carla envisions the “art of the possible” and brings over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, fostering a shared sense of purpose throughout organizations. Her continuous drive for learning and identifying value creation opportunities enhances her technical expertise, trusted business partnerships, and the service delivered to clients. Carla is a strong advocate for continuous coaching and situational leadership, inspiring a steadfast commitment to achieving outcomes. Carla has a proven track record of building high-performance teams, nurturing talent, and advancing organizational capabilities through her hands-on approach when needed. She has managed and deployed several major transformation initiatives, both domestically and globally, across various industries, including startups. Her experience spans healthcare, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, media, in-flight entertainment and aviation, supply distribution, global social services, engineering, software, and more. Carla has led initiatives in business cultural transformation, core system evolution, cloud migrations, IoT, AI, cybersecurity, and cloud-native environments. With her hands-on philosophy, Carla fosters a can-do culture, earning trust from her teams and driving results that enable organizations to thrive. Her career has navigated multiple leadership roles, including CIO, CITO, CISO, and various VP positions, allowing her to scale her impact and celebrate her journey. Carla holds a BA in Economics and Business, an MBA, and several industry certifications.