Glen Salow joined Ameriprise Financial in May 2005. Salow is responsible for creating an integrated state-of-the-art technology and service delivery organization. Before joining the company, Salow was executive vice president and chief information officer of American Express, a position he assumed in March 2000, after holding the role of senior vice president in the organization since 1997. As CIO, he advanced the company to one of the most strategic users of adaptive technology in the financial services market sector and led the signing of a $4 billion technology-on-demand agreement with IBM to improve the flexibility and quality of the company's infrastructure. Salow serves on the Technology Advisory Boards of British Petroleum and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is also a member of the Customer Advisory Boards of Avaya and IBM.