Warren C. Fristensky

Warren Fristensky is retired as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for John Wiley & Sons, responsible for all computer and communications services for the company worldwide. Coming to Wiley from the financial industry in 1992, Warren successfully reengineered the technology function and infrastructure to a common global platform architecture. Recent activities have been focused on integrating major acquisitions, evolving global hosting and development capabilities including outsourcing and offshoring, and helping the company transform to electronic publishing via the Internet. These activities have been recognized as innovative and leading edge by several industry publications and academic research studies.

Prior to his position at Wiley, Warren was V.P. of Advanced Technology at Banker's Trust, and V.P. of Systems and Network Development for The Bank of New York where he utilized early Internet technologies for the Bank's commercial and retail networks.

Warren received his MBA degree from Pace University where he won top honors in Information Science, and holds a B.S. degree in Business Management and Data Processing from St. Peter's University in Jersey City, where he later served as an adjunct instructor in Data Processing.

Warren has served on the MSIS Executive Board at Stevens Institute of Technology, and is a member of the Board of Regents at Saint Peter's University. Warren is an active member of the Society for Information Management.