Chris Colla is the current Vice President of IT and CIO of B&G Foods, Inc. He is an active member of the Society of Information Management’s New Jersey Chapter. Chris is a respected technology & process management executive with 20 years leading organizational change and operational excellence through innovative technology solutions.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH and a Master of Science in Information Management and a Master of Business Administration from the Stevens Institute of Technology School of Business.

He has held Information Technology leadership positions at Accenture, Diageo, Sharp Electronics, and Haier America before B&G Foods. He has true international experience from living and working for two years in Tokyo, Japan as a member of a global supply chain initiative for the Sony Corporation while at Accenture.