John Combs

John Combs is Senior Vice President of Shared Services for FirstEnergy.

Combs joined the company in April 2024 and is responsible for overseeing FirstEnergy’s IT organization, including Cyber Security, Corporate Security and Information Technology, and Innovation & Digital Factory. He also has responsibility for Supply Chain, the Transformation Office and Flight Operations.

Combs most recently served as Senior Vice President, Managing Director and General Manager and Chief Technology Officer of Enterprise Technology Services, at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He brings more than 25 years of experience in building, transforming and leading teams, products, technology platforms and services while ensuring regulatory and compliance needs are met and balanced with operational reliability, security and sustainability.

Before joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., Combs spent 16 years at Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services for the healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG sectors. He started as Senior Director, Architecture Services, then held increasingly responsible leadership roles before being named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in May 2016.

Earlier in his career, Combs held IT positions with Telecommunication Systems, Legg Mason, Sony Electronics and United Parcel Service.
Combs earned a Master of Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology and achieved a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.