John is the CIO at Avaya and a Partner with Fortium Partners. Prior to this he was the Chief Digital Information Officer at MSC Industrial Supply. In this role, he was responsible for IT, the eCommerce business unit, marketing, and data science efforts. Before MSC, John served as the Chief Digital & Information Officer at Carhartt, where he led business transformation and planning groups alongside technology teams. John’s earlier career includes pivotal roles across a spectrum of industries. He was the CIO and head of business transformation at WSIB and held key technology leadership positions at General Motors, Roche, and Grainger. His early career experiences spanned procurement and business development at IBM, the United States Air Force, and a software start-up. John is graduate of the US Air Force Academy, Bowie State, and most recently the Florida Institute of Technology where he earned a doctorate for his research on Organizational Digital Agility.