Anil Cheriyan started Phase IV Ventures in April 2018 as a consulting & advisory firm, leveraging his experience as a Board Member, CIO and several years in Consulting.  

Prior to this, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at SunTrust Banks, where he led the digital and data platform transformation of the bank, driving architectural decisions such as APIs, robotics, data lake, Zelle, and cloud, that improved client experience and drove the bank’s efficiency in todays evolving digital, financial ecosystem.  

As CIO, Mr. Cheriyan was responsible for SunTrust’s overall information technology, data, cyber security and business enterprise operations– i.e., contact centers, deposit and payments operations, and supply chain. 

Prior to joining SunTrust,Mr. Cheriyan was a Vice President / senior partner at IBM where he served financial services clients and most recently led the Insurance Industry Practice.  Before IBM,he was a partner with PwC Management Consulting in leadership roles including leading global, industry and technology practices. 

Mr. Cheriyan plays an active role in the business and technology communities. He serves on the Advisory Boards for growth stage start-ups and is an advisory partner to Venture firms and chairs the InspireCIO innovation committee. 

Mr. Cheriyan is the recipient of several industry awards – e.g., IDC CIO 100, Computerworld Premier 100 Leader, Enterprise CIO of the year.  He is Chairman, Technology Business Management (TBM) Council, on the Boards of Oglethorpe University, St Josephs Health System, Georgia CIO. Research Board and the CIO Executive Council.

Mr. Cheriyan earned his Master ofScience and Master of Philosophy Degrees in Management as well as a Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from ImperialCollege in London, UK.  He and his wife, Susan, have three children and live in Atlanta, Georgia.