Roseanne K. Silva (E 1991)

2019 Alumni Service Award

Bio

Roseanne K. Silva is a senior vice president and business chief technology officer at PNC Financial Services Group, overseeing technology infrastructure strategy, execution and governance. She takes an active role in building a diverse and inclusive workforce as president of the PNC women in tech resource group and business sponsor for the PNC partnership with the National Center for Women & IT.

Rose has more than 25 years of experience in technology infrastructure operations, employee technology, application development and program management. Previously, she worked at Financial Data Services (Fiserv), Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) and Control Data Corporation.  

Rose has spoken at CMU’s Information Networking Institute on diversity in technology and inspired future women tech leaders at Women@INI speaking and mentoring sessions. She has been a member, co-chair and chair of the INI Alumni Leadership Council. Rose created an Andrew Carnegie Society Legacy Scholarship and actively mentors its recipients. She helped to launch FirstHand, an online mentoring platform for students, and volunteers as one of its mentors. She has served as a corporate host for the Take a Tartan to Work program and an engaging speaker at CMU Alumni Association and university-sponsored events.