Gail Farnsley

Gail partners with CIO and other executive clients as a trusted advisor, focusing in particular on global technology and business strategy planning, cost optimization, and helping her clients build high-performance teams.

Gail’s degree in computer science (Bowling Green State University) led to a career of expanding responsibility in information technology at Public Service Indiana, Emery Air Freight and Georgia-Pacific.  She then received her MBA at Krannert School of Management before joining Cummins, where she eventually became VP of global information technology and CIO. 

After Cummins, Gail took a “reverse sabbatical” – returning to Purdue as Visiting Professor at Purdue Polytechnic where she co-taught a Women in Technology course.   She developed a CIO Leadership course as well as a study abroad program that allowed students to visit India over spring break to learn about the IT services industry. 

She also worked with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) where she launched the Affinity Group Alliance, allowing affinity groups and networking organizations across the globe to share promising practices and provide members access to cutting-edge research-based strategies for recruiting, retaining and advancing women.   

Outside of work, Gail is active in the community as a past-president and current board member of Women & Hi Tech, Outreach Chair for the Indianapolis Chapter of the Society for Information Management, and active volunteer, Program Committee and former board member at Techpoint Foundation for Youth.

Gail lives in Indianapolis with her husband Art, a professor at IUPUI.  Their daughters live with their husbands in England and Lithuania.