What Happened?
Memphis, TN-based FedEx appointed Robert Carter as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
FedEx connects people and possibilities through our worldwide portfolio of shipping, transportation, e-commerce and business services. We offer integrated business applications through our collaboratively managed operating companies — collectively delivering extraordinary service to our customers — using the expertise and reliability represented by the FedEx brand. Our people are the foundation of our success, and FedEx has consistently ranked among the worlds most admired and trusted employers. We inspire our global workforce of more than 400,000 employees to remain absolutely, positively focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards, and the needs of their customers and communities. We owe our success as an industry leader to the more than 400,000 global team members who deliver exceptional customer service experiences day-in and day-out.
About the Person
Robert B. Carter is co-chief executive officer and chief information officer of FedEx Corporate Services. Carter is responsible for setting the technology direction of the FedEx applications, infrastructure, networks and data centers that provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for FedEx product offerings. He is a member of the five-person executive committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has more than 30 years of systems development and implementation experience. Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida. Recently named as part of FORTUNE magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter was also ranked 18th on Fast Company magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” 2010 list. He received Information Week magazine’s Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005. He is also a seven-time recipient of CIO magazine’s 100 Award and was a charter inductee into the publication’s CIO Hall of Fame. Carter is a member of the Saks Incorporated and First Horizon National Corporation Boards of Directors.
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