Rowena Track of Cigna Corporation

As you go through life, many people leave lasting impressions on you. I am thankful for the many people whom I was fortunate to meet, learn from, look up to, and inspire me. I am most grateful for my family: my husband Elie and my two sons, EJ and John, who brought joy and meaning to my life.

I was born and raised in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, the second of four children.  I immigrated to the US in pursuit of higher education. My husband and I met in college and we both majored in Physics. I was the trailing spouse for many years and was the primary care giver of our two boys.  Even though I hold a BS in physics and an MS in computer science, my career choices varied and I worked in many different industries.  In this eBook, I talk about the value of a solid basis in math and the sciences no matter what career you end up choosing.  I talk about the value of raising kids who are ready for the global economy, I talk about how I leveraged every piece of knowledge I have to create a meaningful career for myself while raising two children and being the trailing spouse.  I talk about the value of hard work, how to be a lifelong learner, the importance of networking, the rewards of taking calculated risks, why it is key to build a good partnership with your manager, what loyalty means, how you can define your own career path no matter what the norm is

I have been fortunate to have worked at some of the most respected institutions in the world. My career path has definitely not been linear; it was anything but planned. For the first 15 years in the workforce, I was the trailing spouse and had to look for a rewarding job within the geography of where my husband was working. I hope my story inspires the younger readers to be bold and aspirational in all aspects of their lives and careers.

Biography:

Rowena Track has over 25 years of domestic and international experience.  Currently, Rowena is Vice President of Digital Marketing at Cigna Corporation, a Fortune 100 global health services organization with market cap exceeding $37B. Prior to Cigna, Rowena was vice president, Marketing and Digital Strategy & Solutions at TE Connectivity, a $14B global technology leader.  Rowena held several executive level positions at Fortune 100 companies.  Rowena’s career had been at the intersection of strategy, marketing, technology and digital innovation.  Her accountabilities included full P&L management, global digital transformation, strategic marketing, analytically driven customer insight, and technology innovation.

Rowena is a “digital native.”  Starting in the late 90s and to date, Rowena has been a pioneer in leveraging innovative digital solutions to transform and enable growth for her employers in the new global digital economy.  Most recently, Rowena led a global enterprise-wide initiative for TE Connectivity to digitize product data, modernize marketing, digitally enable the sales force and provide extraordinary service for TE’s customers.  This resulted in revenue growth, net new customer acquisition and retention of existing customers.  Rowena has an entrepreneurial aptitude and led an “experimental” digital business concept at an international Bank and, within two years, brought asset inflows upward of $8B. Rowena is known for building, leading and implementing aggressive growth strategies in a competitive global economy. 

Rowena is known to be a key influencer of her company’s board and had been successful in gaining buy-in and approval of multi-million dollar global transformation initiatives. Rowena’s career includes for-profit, not-for-profit and academic institutions such as Yale University, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bayer Healthcare, TIAA-CREF Financial Services, CitiBank, TE Connectivity and Cigna Corporation.  It spans multiple industries including Healthcare, Financial Services, Banking, Consumer Services and Electronics.

Rowena is a member of the Board of Governors of the University of New Haven in Connecticut. 

Throughout her career, Rowena attended Executive Education programs at the Harvard Business School,  the Wharton Business School and Stanford University Board education. She holds a BS in Physics and an MS in Computer Science.

Rowena is married to Dr. Elie Track, both natives of Beirut, Lebanon.  They both immigrated to the US in the 80s to pursue advanced education.  They have two grown children.  Rowena is fluent in English and Arabic and speaks some French. 

Rowena Track of Cigna Corporation

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