Muru Murugappan is Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Transformation Officer for Alcon. He leads all aspects of information technology, AI/ML and advanced analytics, cybersecurity, and transformation and continuous improvement. He joined Alcon in August 2024 from BNSF Railway, where for seven years he was the Chief Information Officer. Prior to BNSF, Mr. Murugappan served as Vice President, Head of Information Technology Operations at Sony Electronics. He was a Management Consultant with Ernst & Young for five years, successfully serving clients in multiple industries.
During his tenure as the CIO of BNSF, he was a member of RailInc Corp Board and was also a member of the Customer Advisory Board for IBM and AT&T.
Mr. Murugappan earned a Master of Science in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Business Administration from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management in the U.S.