Who's Cathy Hotka?

Cathy Hotka has been networking with prominent IT leaders in the retail industry, and managing technology company outreach to them,  since 1995. Part of the business is massive contact lists -- one with about 3,000 retail IT decision-makers, and another with over 2,000 influential technology company executives. Associates? Eight women with appreciable experience in retail, each of whom brings a significant contact base of her own.

After six years at the White House and on Capitol Hill, Cathy moved to the association world. She has worked at four of them, and created the CIO Council for the National Retail Federation.  She has worked with CIOs since 1988.

"Cathy is a high-energy, deeply knowledgeable, experienced executive who has one of the best networks of retail industry CIOs in the country. Her work as one of the founding members of the CIO Decisions advisory board was integral in helping us shape our new magazine for mid-market companies into an award-winning publication for its 50,000 readers. Cathy has an endless supply of great ideas and good connections that I've taken happy advantage of for years."  Maryfran Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, CIO Magazine.