
Cindy Hoots
Chief Digital Officer & CIO, AstraZeneca

Cindy Hoots is a digital transformation force as Chief Digital Officer and CIO at AstraZeneca, reimagining pharma through AI, data, and patient-centric tech to accelerate drug discovery, clinical trials, and global care for 1 billion lives.
She shifted IT from silos to horizontal teams around data/AI and strategy execution, embedding OKRs for alignment across thousands worldwide—fueling virtual reality trials, digital detailing, and hyper-personalized medicine amid COVID pivots.