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Pittsburgh, PA-based Dick's Sporting Goods has appointed Matthew J. Lynch as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
Dick`s Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 when an 18 year-old Dick Stack was working at an Army surplus store in Binghamton, New York. An avid fisherman, Dick was approached by the store owner to come up with a list of products needed to get into the fishing tackle business. After Dick presented his suggestions, the owner told him he was a dumb kid and had no idea what he was doing. Dick was upset and promptly quit. He went to his grandmother`s house where he spent a lot of time as a kid and told her what had happened. Dick`s grandmother asked how much it would cost to build the store himself. Dick said it would cost $300. His grandmother then went to the cookie jar where she kept her life savings and gave him $300 and told him “do it yourself.” Dick used that money and his relentless work-ethic to open a bait-and-tackle shop in Binghamton. By 1958, he expanded his product line to include much of what you`ll find at Dick`s Sporting Goods today. Ed Stack, Dick`s son, is the current CEO and Chairman of Dick`s Sporting Goods. He and his siblings bought the store from their father and are responsible for taking two stores and growing the chain to over 500 stores. Dick`s family continues to offer the finest quality products at competitive prices, backed by the best service anywhere. Like you, we have a real passion for sports. Dick`s Sporting Goods, Inc. is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear in a specialty store environment. The Company owns and operates Golf Galaxy, LLC, a golf specialty retailer and eCommerce websites and catalog operations for both Dick`s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy.
About the Person
Mr. Matthew J. Lynch serves as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. Mr. Lynch served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC (alternate name, Shopko Stores Inc.) since October 2003 and was responsible for the vision, strategy, implementation and continuing successful operations of information technology programs and initiatives at ShopKo and Pamida stores.
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