Tom Peck Joins Sysco as Chief Information and Digital Officer
December 03 2020 - 8:30AM
Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the leading global foodservice
distribution company, announced today that Tom Peck will join the
company as executive vice president and chief information and
digital officer, effective Jan. 4, 2021. In this role, Peck will
lead Sysco’s strategic efforts to accelerate its business
transformation through customer-facing technology solutions and
will lead the company efforts to modernize its technology
infrastructure.
Peck has over 20 years of experience leading enterprise
information technology strategy, services, operations, risk and
cybersecurity for large global enterprises. He most recently served
as chief information and digital officer of Ingram Micro Inc., an
approximately $50 billion global leader in technology distribution,
supply chain services and cloud solutions. In this role, he led the
development of a long-term systems architecture and effectiveness
plan to modernize and digitize core systems and processes designed
to deliver additional speed, agility and scalability.
“I am pleased to welcome Tom to Sysco,” said Kevin Hourican,
Sysco’s president and chief executive officer. “His demonstrated
ability to lead global technology and digital modernization efforts
across complex environments is directly applicable to our business
agenda at Sysco. Tom is a talented leader with a proven track
record of delivering results and developing high-performing teams.
I am highly confident that Tom will accelerate our ability to drive
profitable sales growth by enabling our strategic transformation
through best-in-class customer engagement technologies.”
Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Peck served as senior vice
president and global chief information officer at AECOM, a $20
billion global provider of professional technical and management
support services. In this capacity, Peck was responsible for the
support and deployment of technology used to serve more than
100,000 employees and thousands of clients across 150 countries. He
has also served in CIO leadership roles at Levi Strauss &
Company, MGM Resorts (formally MGM MIRAGE) and General
Electric-owned NBC Universal’s global entertainment business
unit.
Peck began his career as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps
after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. In the Marines, he
held numerous finance and technology roles, inclusive of both
operational and headquarter assignments and culminating in an
enterprise-wide program management role on the Marine Corps Chief
Financial Officer’s team at the Pentagon.
About SyscoSysco is the global leader in
selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants,
healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and
other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of
products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice
and hospitality industries. With more than 57,000 associates, the
company operates 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves
more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2020 that ended
June 27, 2020, the company generated sales of more than $52
billion. Information about our CSR program, including Sysco’s 2020
Corporate Social Responsibility Report, can be found at
www.sysco.com/csr2020report.
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For more information contact:
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Mutschler |
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Rachel
Lee |
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Investor Contact |
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