Mary Sobiechowski Biography

Mary Sobiechowski is CIO and worldwide director of IT for Sudler & Hennessey, with enterprise responsibility for 20 global offices. Sudler & Hennessy is the healthcare communications division of Y&R Brands, a WPP Group company. Sobiechowski joined S&H in 1999 as the graphic technology manager and has been in her current position for five years, developing and implementing IT strategy for the advertising, promotion, and medical education divisions, as well as directing IT operations for all U.S. offices. Sobiechowski is the leader of the creative technology special interest group of WPP, focusing on best practices of the Mac environment for the production, art, interactive, and multimedia departments. She began her career in New York City as a graphic designer and in 1990 introduced and installed the first computers in many design firms, later networking and then integrating Macs into the PC environment. In her previous career as an artist, she exhibited in many galleries in Soho and Tribeca, New York City.