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How CIO Kristy Folkwein Is Building An IT Team For ADM's Digital Future

InformationWeek, Tuesday, June 24th, 2025

ADM grew up through acquisitions, and Folkwein has spent the past nine years building its centralized IT organization.

Kristy Folkwein accidentally took a class in college meant for computer science majors. She went to school with the intention of following in her mother's footsteps as an executive secretary. But that class changed her path. 'I loved it. I had an affinity for it, and that's how I got into technology,' she tells InformationWeek at the beginning of our conversation.

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