Financial Services: Innovating Under Uncertainty – Key Lessons for CIOs

MITCIO
Joseph T. McCartin
SVP & CIO
National City Corporation

Joseph T. McCartin is a senior vice president and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for National City Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s Information Services organization, establishing IT strategy, and developing new technology-enabled business capabilities for the corporation.

Mr. McCartin joined National City in 2003.

Prior to his career with National City, Mr. McCartin specialized in IT transformation as a member of the Feld Group, a premier technology leadership consulting firm. His engagements included Home Depot, FedEx, and EDS.

From 1998-2002, Mr. McCartin was the CIO at Fleet Mortgage Group in Columbia, South Carolina, where he also founded and served as president of Celeris Financial Services, an e-commerce division. Before joining Fleet, Mr. McCartin served as CIO for GE Capital Mortgage Services in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and from 1993-1997, he was CIO of Banc One Mortgage in Indianapolis.

Prior to his career in financial services, Mr. McCartin served eight years as an officer in the United States Air Force designing and managing command center technology in both Europe and the U.S.

Mr. McCartin holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a master’s degree in systems technology from the Naval Postgraduate School and a master’s in business administration from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a board member of the Greater Cleveland YMCA, and a member of Leadership Cleveland’s class of 2008.