Mike Czinege

Retired AMC Theatre CIO

Mike Czinege retired from his business career in January 2021.  Most recently, he was the senior vice president/chief information officer for AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC) for 13 years. He was responsible for AMC’s technology and systems team and led it to deliver quality technology initiatives. 

Czinege began his AMC career in 2008 and has more than 40 years of experience in the technology and business consulting fields. Prior to AMC, he served as senior vice president/chief information officer of Applebee’s International, Inc. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of North American operations for Celerant Consulting and vice president of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY). At CGEY, Czinege served as chief executive officer of the Telecommunications, Media and Network Outsourcing business. He has also held positions as a partner with Ernst & Young LLP where he serviced a number of large, multi-national clients, and as a partner at United Research, where he was responsible for its global consumer products and packaged goods practice.

He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in business administration. He serves as a board member of Rockhurst University and the Helzberg School of Management Advisory Board, while living in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Nancy, and children, Tyler, Megan and Todd, and four grandchildren.