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Lúcia Soares (Chief Information Officer & Head of Technology Transformation at Carlyle)

Lúcia Soares

Chief Information Officer & Head of Technology Transformation at Carlyle

Lúcia Soares is the Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology Transformation at Carlyle. In this role, Lúcia is responsible for driving the firm’s global technology strategy and leading the firmwide Global Technology Solutions organization.

Previously, Lúcia was Managing Director and Chief Information Officer of Global Portfolio Solutions at Carlyle. She has provided technology advisory to Carlyle investment teams and has worked with portfolio company executive teams leveraging technology to transform business operations and outcomes. In the last two years, Ms. Soares has driven approximately $250 million in value creation for Carlyle’s investments globally through cost savings, cost avoidance, and revenue growth initiatives.

Lúcia serves on the Boards of Carlyle investments including The Hilb Group and Hexaware where her significant contributions include driving data transformation, top-line revenue growth and cost optimization opportunities, as well as accelerating strategic partnerships to enable company growth and scalability.

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2019, Lúcia was a Managing Director at Health2047 leading venture formations that addressed U.S. healthcare challenges. Before Health 2047, she spent 15 years at Johnson & Johnson, serving in a variety of executive roles. As CIO and board member of multiple high-growth medical device businesses, she created technology strategies to grow and optimize businesses with the use of technology. Lúcia began her career working for an early Internet professional services agency, USWeb / marchFIRST, where she partnered with clients to build first-generation web solutions and built the west coast User Experience practice.

Lúcia completed Executive Education coursework at Harvard Business School and earned an MBA from San Jose State University, a Masters in Literature from UC Santa Cruz, and a B.A. in Foreign Languages from San Jose State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Lúcia and her husband, Miguel, have been married for 26 years. They have two daughters, Amélia and Sofia. Lúcia and Miguel are active parishioners at Five Wounds Portuguese National Church in San José being engaged in the Liturgical Ministry, Finance Council and the Arts and Environment Committee. They enjoy traveling, especially to Portugal where both share ethnic roots and love entertaining guests with home cooked cuisine.

Miguel Ávila (VP of Global Quality, Regulatory, Medical and Clinical Affairs at Cordis)

Miguel Ávila

VP of Global Quality, Regulatory, Medical and Clinical Affairs at Cordis

Miguel Ávila is a senior business executive with 30 years of experience in the medical device industry. He serves as Vice President of Global Quality, Regulatory, Medical, and Clinical Affairs at Cordis, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of interventional cardiovascular technology.

He previously served in executive roles in Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Regulatory Compliance at Cardinal Health and Johnson & Johnson.

He holds a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) and a Bachelor’s in Biological Sciences from San José State University (San José, California, USA). He is Six Sigma Green Belt certified, Lean Champion, and ISO
9000 Lead Auditor. He’s a senior member of the American Society for Quality and graduate of the J&J Executive Quality Leadership Development Program. He has served on the San José State University Engineering Technology Advisory Board since 2017.

In his spare time, he is a community leader, a published author, and serves as the editor-in-chief of a
community newspaper.

Miguel and his wife, Lúcia, have been married for 26 years. They have two daughters, Amélia and Sofia. Lúcia and Miguel are active parishioners at Five Wounds Portuguese National Church in San José being engaged in the Liturgical Ministry, Finance Council and the Arts and Environment Committee. They enjoy traveling, especially to Portugal where both share ethnic roots and love entertaining guests with home cooked cuisine.