Krishnan 1st Chief Information Office at Woodruff-Sawyer in California

San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Ravi Krishnan as the firm’s first chief information officer.

Krishnan will be responsible for optimizing Woodruff-Sawyer’s existing technology, driving strategic initiatives and aligning priorities and resource demands. He will also be the key strategist in the firm’s new mobile platform initiative.

Krishnan has over 18 years of experience as a senior information technology strategist. Prior to Woodruff-Sawyer, he was executive director at Kaiser Permanente. His background also includes

management and executive positions at Verizon, Cognizant Technology Solutions, GE Insurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Woodruff-Sawyer is an active partner of Assurex Global and International Benefits Network. Woodruff-Sawyer has offices throughout California and in Portland, Ore.