Nicholas R. Colisto is a senior information technology executive with experience providing innovative, business driven IT solutions.  He serves as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

Prior to joining Hovnanian, he held key information technology leadership positions at large organizations including Pepsi-Cola, Priceline.com, Hyperion Solutions, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Bayer Corporation (formerly Sterling Winthrop).  Mr. Colisto is very active in the information technology and education communities.  He is a programs committee member for the Society for Information Management (SIM).  He has served on the Governing Body for the CIO Leadership Network and has been a speaker at the executive summits.  Mr. Colisto taught a Masters program in Information Technology at Manhattanville College in New York for several years and also served on its Advisory Board.  He currently serves on the Industrial Advisory Board at Rutgers University and on the Educational Advisory Board at Brookdale College in New Jersey.

He is the recipient of many industry awards, including the 2010 CIO 100 by IDG's CIO Magazine, the 2009 InfoWorld 100, and the 2009 InformationWeek 500.

Mr. Colisto holds a B.B.A in management information systems and a M.S. in information systems from Pace University.