Susan Lindahl Kucera

Susan Lindahl Kucera currently serves as Senior Vice President of the IT Project Management Office at Wintrust Financial Corporation, a role held since 2018. Previously, Kucera was Chief Information Officer at the Illinois State Treasurer's Office from 2015 to 2018, where leadership focused on aligning IT initiatives with the organization's mission. Earlier experience includes significant positions at McDonald's Corporation from 2002 to 2015, where contributions spanned IT strategy, business intelligence, and enterprise solutions, as well as leadership roles at PepsiCo from 1997 to 2002, overseeing end user services and pioneering employee self-service solutions. Kucera holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Systems from DePaul University.