Big industry moves include execs taking on roles at SAP, Snowflake, the US Department of Defense & Yum! Brands, home to brands including KFC & Taco Bell

WRITTEN BY: MAYA DERRICK

JOB FROM: CIO PAYMENTS AT JPMORGAN CHASE

JOB TO: CIO AT SNOWFLAKE

Mike Blandina has joined Snowflake as its CIO following five years as CIO Payments at JPMorgan Chase. Initially thought to be retiring, Mike is taking over from Sunny Bedi, Snowflake’ s outgoing CIO of five years. Mike was previously CEO at Bakkt, VP Engineering at PayPal and Engineering Director, Payments at Google through the launch of Google Wallet in 2011.

20 May 2025