Paula Bartgis is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Sun Life’s U.S. business, overseeing Information Technology (IT) operations. IT focuses on delivering positive and effective client experiences through innovation in digital and data-driven tools, services, and practices
Over her 30-year career, Paula has held many leadership roles in IT across application development and engineering, financial and operational planning, and portfolio and project management. Prior to joining Sun Life, Paula held senior positions at Voya Financial as senior vice president of the Enterprise Project Management Office and head of Enterprise Transformation, Technology and Project Management Office. Paula also led teams at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) overseeing acquisition integration and business transformation, as well as information systems and engineering at The Travelers Companies.
Paula invented an assessment framework to measure project delivery effectiveness, which was patented for MassMutual. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Florida Institute of Technology.