Alaska Airlines Creates CITO Role, Hires CVS Health's Amaresh Siva
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Seattle – October 19, 2026 -- Alaska Airlines has created a Chief Information Technology Officer role and named Amaresh Siva, a 29-year technology veteran from CVS Health, to fill it. Siva starts next month, reports directly to CEO Ben Minicucci and joins the company's Executive Committee.
Alaska consolidates technology and digital under one enterprise leader
The position is newly created. Siva will bring the airline's technology and digital capabilities together under a single executive and will set and execute the enterprise-wide technology, data and digital strategy.
His mandate covers strengthening core platforms, advancing digital capabilities and building scalable data and artificial intelligence foundations. Alaska links these goals to operational excellence, resilience and long-term growth.