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Dennis Strong, CIO, McCoy’s Building Supply joins Advisory Board for Austin IT Symposium
Dennis Strong, Senior Vice President and CIO of McCoy’s Building Supply has signed on as part of the Advisory Board for the inaugural Austin IT Symposium. Dennis is a big part of the regional IT community as part of the Austin AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals) chapter, the Texas State University AITP chapter, and supporting the larger business community through the McCoy College of Business Administration on the Texas State University campus.
“We are very excited to have Dennis as part of this group. Dennis has been with McCoy’s every step of the way as they have embraced technology to make the leap from manual cash registers to the integrated network and supply chain in place today” said Val King, with event sponsor ThinOps Consulting. “Dennis also understands the fundamentals of the business that his IT organization serves and as such, has earned additional oversight responsibilities for the Marketing and Merchandising groups within McCoy’s.”
About Dennis Strong
As Senior Vice President and CIO of McCoy’s Building Supply, Dennis leads the information services group guiding every technology initiative the company undertakes. Dennis continues to leverage technology to improve the retailers business, driving business process improvements throughout the company and into the hands of McCoy’s most important partner, the customer. In addition to his technology responsibilities, he also holds oversight responsibility for both the Marketing and Merchandising departments.
Prior to joining McCoy’s Building Supply in 1997, Dennis was Vice President of Information Technology for McLane Company leading data, security, communications and operations support of 16 distribution centers, 4 domestic manufacturing divisions and 3 international distribution centers.
He was named 2009 AITP Private Sector Information Technology Executive of the Year, most recently leading McCoy’s Building Supply past many retail giants to #1 in Specialty Retailing and #26 overall on the InformationWeek 500 in 2010.
About ThinOps Consulting
ThinOps Consulting specializes in assisting organizations streamline costs and manage risk associated with IT expenditures with two business units. Business Advisory serves C-level management by assessing where the company is, where the company wants to be, and developing a roadmap to help executive management reach those objectives. Technology Consulting serves IT organizations primarily through virtualization and remote access technologies designed to improve efficiency, lower support costs and ultimately deliver IT as a service.
About efm Events
efm Events, a division of Executive Functions Management, Inc. www.efminc.com is an information technology-focused event management and production company with 18 IT Symposiums across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Region.
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