Ryder Appoints Rajeev Ravindran As Chief Information Officer
January 18, 2018 at 11:55 am
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Ryder System, Inc. announced the appointment of Rajeev Ravindran to the position of Chief Information Officer. Mr. Ravindran is a member of Ryder’s Leadership Team and is responsible for all aspects of Ryder’s IT organization, including the technology, vision, strategy, and execution of Ryder’s key IT platforms and systems. Prior to this position, Mr. Ravindran was the CIO and Group Vice President at JM Enterprises, where he was with the company since 2003 and held the position for the last six years. With more than two decades of IT leadership experience, he has worked in roles at various companies including Interactive Metronome, Asista.com and AutoNation. Mr. Ravindran replaces Mel Kirk, who has joined Ryder’s Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) team as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As the FMS CTO, Mr. Kirk will lead Ryder’s innovation and strategy efforts, identifying new technologies that would enhance and improve Ryder’s current product and service offerings. His past leadership roles in FMS Maintenance, process re-engineering, and most recently as CIO, combined with his outstanding leadership qualities, position him well for this role.
Ryder System, Inc. is a provider of outsourced logistics and transportation services. The Company provides supply chain, dedicated transportation, and commercial fleet management solutions. It operates through three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full service leasing that includes its contractual maintenance offering, commercial rental and maintenance services of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States (U.S.) and Canada; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides fully integrated port-to-door logistics solutions, including distribution management, dedicated transportation, transportation management, freight brokerage, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery, contract packaging, and contract manufacturing in North America, and Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS), which provides turnkey transportation solutions in the U.S., including dedicated vehicles, professional drivers, management, and administrative support.