McDonald’s appoints Mustafa Husain as U.S. Chief Information Officer

It is with mixed emotions we announce that Valerie Ashbaugh, SVP and U.S. CIO, has decided to leave McDonald's at the end of April to begin her next chapter. During her five years at McDonald's, Valerie has led significant technology transformation in both global and market roles. She helped lead the transformation of our consumer and restaurant platforms and strengthened the technology organization for scale, including the launch of several talent initiatives like Tech Academy. In the U.S., she made immense progress in delivering our global restaurant platform ambition, increasing the pace and scale of technology solutions across McDonald's USA.

However, we know the accomplishment she values the most was the time spent building a strong pipeline of technology leaders who focus on fundamentals, solve the right problems, and build a culture that enables everyone to do their best work.