Patricia Curley, 56, is CIO for The Kraft Group, owners of the New England Patriots, which captured the AFC Championship title Sunday and are bound for Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz. The Kraft Group also owns the New England Revolution soccer team, Gillette Stadium, where both teams play, and the Patriot Place shopping mall. The group also owns paper and box companies Rand-Whitney Group, International Forest Products and Rand-Whitney Containerboard.
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While the Patriots celebrated their undefeated season after their win against the San Diego Chargers to take the American Football Conference championship, Curley talked to Computerworld about the challenges of working for such a multifacted organization.
When did you start working for the New England Patriots and how did you get the job? I started working here in 1999 as they were recruiting a director of information technology for The Kraft Group. I was referred by somebody.
Where did you work before that? Previously, I had been the director of information technology for a high-tech marketing company for three years and before that, for seven years, I was director of information technology and worldwide IT operations for a medical instrument manufacturing company, both in Massachusetts.
