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Randy Sloan fall 2015Randy Sloan is Southwest Airline's Chief Information Officer and is responsible for overseeing all technology functions for the Company.
Prior to joining Southwest Airlines, Randy was with PepsiCo for 26 years where he served in various leadership roles, including Senior Vice President and CIO for PepsiCo International with responsibility for all business transformation and supporting technology for PepsiCo's Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America businesses. Randy also held the position of Vice President and CIO for PepsiCo's European businesses based in Switzerland, as well as Vice President of Enterprise Systems Development, including the support of all supply chain capabilities within the North American businesses. During his tenure at PepsiCo, Randy served in leadership roles primarily supporting manufacturing, supply chain, and go-to-market functions. Randy began his IT career as a programmer with Texas Instruments.
Randy holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. He is on the Board of Directors for The Family Place, a Dallas-based non-profit and leading advocate for victims of domestic violence. He also serves on the Board of Directors for SharePlus Bank, a Plano, Texas based community bank.
Sloan will speak at Georgia Tech's IMPACT Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. All are welcome to attend
This talk is part of the IMPACT lecture series sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
About the Impact Speaker Series:
Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.
The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.
