NBCU Names Atish Banerjea CIO

NBCUniversal today announced that Atish Banerjea has been named executive vice president and chief information officer, NBCUniversal. He will be based in New York and report directly to John Wallace, president of NBCUniversal Operations & Technical Services.

In this role, Banerjea will lead NBCUniversal’s information technology organization, overseeing global technology applications, infrastructure and operations for the company’s worldwide media portfolio.

Most recently Banerjea was chief technology officer of Dex One Corp., where he led a major redesign of that company’s IT functions, and helped transform Dex One from a print-centric business to a digital media marketing company.

Prior to Dex One, Banerjea was EVP-CTO of Pearson, where he was responsible for the global planning, deployment and management of more than $550-million in information technology investment. He has also held roles at Maurices Inc and Simon & Schuster.

Banerjea holds a Master of Science degree in computer information systems from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Delhi.