- Chris Bontempo
- CMO / Johnson Controls Inc.
Chris Bontempo is the Chief Marketing Officer for Johnson Controls, responsible for marketing strategies across the enterprise to drive demand generation and enhance brand equity, including market development, research and planning. Prior to joining JCI, Chris was the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for IBM Americas. In this role, he led all aspects of Marketing and Communications for IBM across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Chris held a variety of Marketing roles at IBM over 19 years, with roles in Cybersecurity and Software Marketing, Market Intelligence and Brand Marketing.
Prior to joining IBM, Chris helped run a software startup into the ground, got an MBA and lived a glamorous life abroad in the late 90s doing EU antitrust filings and bumming around Europe. Chris is based in New York City with his family and dog, where he runs, plays and coaches soccer, and occasionally plays guitar and bass in some truly forgettable bands.