Lynne Chernow

Lynne Chernow is currently the Interim CIO at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private, not-for-profit research and education institution with researchers focusing on cancer, neuroscience, genomics & quantitative biology, and plant biology.

Previously, she was a strategic consultant to CIOs and CISOs in the NYC area working with Information Technology leaders at the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Cybersecurity team at Fordham University.

Prior to consulting, Lynne was SVP of IT at HBO, guiding the media company’s technology department in building innovative applications across the media supply chain in support of content distribution with HBO GO, HBO On Demand, iTunes, Xbox, and Amazon.

Lynne is a Distinguished Fellow at Avasant and was named a National Fellow of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute. She volunteers with many organizations, with a focus on facilitating underserved women’s entry into technology careers.