Michele Goins

Michele E. Goins was the chief information officer and senior vice president of Juniper Networks, a multinational networking products company.

Early life and education

Goins holds a B.S.C.S. degree in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University and earned an M.B.A. from Northeastern University — Graduate School of Business Administration. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 Hispanics in business and technology by several Hispanic magazines, including Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology in 2003 and Hispanic Business in 2008.

Career

Goins was the vice president and CIO for the $30 billion-a-year division, Imaging and Printing Group at Hewlett Packard, where she served in a number of executive positions during her 25-year tenure. At HP, she provided services including information technology, acquisition integration, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and engineering.
In 2008, Goins replaced Alan Boehme, who was seriously injured in a car accident in February 2007, as the chief information officer of Juniper Networks.