Gary P. Scholten is the senior vice president and chief information officer of the Principal Financial Group, responsible for overseeing the company’s use of information technology. He also leads the company’s use of offshore resourcing and oversees sourcing and supplier management, and corporate strategic development. Scholten joined the company in 1980 as an assistant planning analyst. He was elected an officer and named assistant director in 1989, director of Information Systems in 1992, second vice president – Information Services in 1994, vice president – Retail Information Services in 1998, and to his present position in 2002.