Janice Malaszenko
Global Process & Information Manager Director, Xerox Corporation

Janice Malaszenko grew up in Northern New Jersey as the middle child between two brothers. Choices of colleges were somewhat restricted as her parents did not feel it was appropriate for her to live away from home. So, she commuted to Montclair State University and obtained a B.A. in mathematics with a minor in secondary education (another parental requirement!) and a concentration in accounting.

Although certified to teach, Malaszenko felt going into the business world would be more interesting, and considered actuarial as well as systems analyis related positions. She ultimately began her career as a systems analyst with Exxon Corporation, not quite knowing what she would really be doing, having had only one computer-related course in college. Somewhere along the line, though, Malaszenko must have figured it out. She spent more that thirteen successful years with them, progressing in responsibility in applications, operations, and research, and travelling worldwide. More times than not, she found herself to be the only female in a room full of men, bringing with it a completely different set of challenges. During this timeframe, Malaszenko also found time to get married, obtain a M.S. in computer science from New Jersey Institute of Technology/College of Engineering, and give birth to a daughter, Natalie.

After thirteen years with Exxon, Malaszenko felt the need to broaden her industry experience and perspective, and subsequently moved on to leadership positions in the telecommunications industry.

In 1992, Xerox presented Malaszenko with the opportunity to define a new strategy for the use of information technology within the company worldwide. As director of IT strategy and architecture, she oversaw the development of a global information management vision and of a world-class strategic information technology architecture for Xerox. She is recognized for her leadership role in the "IM2000" re-engineering effort of Xerox' worldwide information management organization, recently documented as a Harvard case study. During this period, she also was accepted into the Rochester Institute of Technology business school and completed her MBA and was founding president of the Central New York chapter of the Society for Information Management, serving in this capacity from 1993-1995.

Still at Xerox, Malaszenko has moved on to serve as information officer for two Xerox units and as a liaison between the information management organization and the Xerox/Palo Alto Research Center, focused on developing a technology "community of practice" between IM and research. She has just recently taken on the additional responsibility for IT solutions delivery in support of bringing Xerox products and services to the marketplace, focusing on improving the "time to market," as well as deploying similar practices within the IM organization.