Carissa Rollins is Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN). Illumina is the leading developer and manufacturer of sequencing and array technologies and offers life science tools and integrated systems for large-scale analysis of genetic variation and function. 

As CIO, Carissa is responsible for leading all Global Information Systems strategy, operations, risk and compliance, infrastructure, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, employee and business-facing applications. Carissa utilizes her strong technical skills and experience to continue to build upon our high-performance teams – challenging them to lead, innovate and deliver continually – ensuring that key stakeholders have a continually improved experience with IT services and support.  She focuses and leverages relationships and networking along with technology and business leadership development and mentoring both internally and in the community. 

Before joining Illumina, Carissa was CIO at UnitedHealthcare. There she was responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and technology investments in support of the commercial, Medicare and retirement, and government programs technology business portfolios at UnitedHealthcare. Prior to UnitedHealthcare, Carissa held executive and senior roles at Gander Mountain, Kohl’s Corporation, Manpower Global, and Miller-Coors. 

Carissa has served on the Board of Directors for the YWCA Minneapolis, and is currently the Board Chair. She also serves on the Grand Canyon Conservancy board. She holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems and an MBA from Marquette University.