Cecilia Claudio joined Mercury in October 2005 as chief information officer. She is responsible for the company's use of information technology worldwide. Ms. Claudio has over 20 years experience in IT working for companies such as Xerox, Farmers Insurance, The Gap, and Olivetti. In 2003, Ms. Claudio was promoted to Executive VP and CIO of Zurich Financial Services, the parent company of Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., where she served as Senior VP and CIO from 1998 to 2003. Prior to joining Mercury, Ms. Claudio was the CIO and VP of Engineering for Align Technology, Inc. She has been responsible for a wide range of IT initiatives including development of business systems for customer operations, data center operations, technical services, voice/data communications, and office systems support. Ms. Claudio graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon in Portugal. She was recognized in 2001 as a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld and in 1996 as one of the Top 100 Women in Computing by McGraw Hill.