Yanni C.

Yanni C. serves as the VP & CIO at Occidental Petroleum Corporation, overseeing the strategic planning and implementation of information technology, AI, data management, and cyber security across various business units. With extensive experience, Yanni has held multiple leadership roles, including Director of Business Systems, Director of IT Infrastructure Services, and Manager of Exploration & Production Systems. Outside of Occidental, Yanni is an Advisory Board member at Spring Labs, a corporate fellow at the University of Houston-Downtown, and has held various leadership positions in organizations like ESCAPE Family Resource Center and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Yanni holds a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Houston and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Management Information Systems from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Louisiana State University, respectively.