Alan Hughes
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Alan Hughes has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in information technology, including serving at some of the nation’s leading companies. He has served as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina since May 2009.
Hughes has demonstrated success in linking his organizations’ IT strategy to business success. He has a strong record of helping global organizations make the most of information to meet financial, competitive and regulatory needs. His accomplishments have included integration of complex systems, improvement of customer Web capabilities and reduction of operating costs without sacrificing service.
Before coming to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Hughes served at GE Commercial Finance as chief information officer of Global Risk Management and as CIO of Distribution Finance. He was also President of Business Services and CIO for Deutsche Financial Services, which was acquired by GE Commercial Finance in 2003.
Alan has an MBA from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the State University of New York – Old Westbury.