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Ron Ponder (born February 21, 1949) has served the past 35 years as a senior information technology executive in several Fortune 100 companies across a number of industries. He has held senior leadership positions at Federal Express,〔Freeman, David H. (May 1985). "Redefining an Industry through Integrated Automation", ''Infosystems'', Hitchcock Publications.〕 Sprint,〔Santosus, Megan (June 15, 1993). "Reengineering I.S. – Keeping Customers Connected", ''CIO'', International Data Group, Pages 36-43.〕 AT&T,〔Thyfault, Mary E. (1995). "AT&T Dream Team", ''Information Week'', CMP Publications.〕 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young〔Wilson, Carol. (July 1998). "Beechwood Tightens Its OSS Focus", ''Interactive Week'', Ziff Davis, Inc.〕 and WellPoint.〔Valentine, Lisa. (July 2004). "WellPoint Health Networks CIO Ron J. Ponder: Getting and Keeping Customer", ''CIO Today Magazine''.〕 One of the first Global CIO's〔Hertzberg, Robert. (March 2002). "Retrospect by Ron J. Ponder: The Twin Challenges of Succeeding as CIO", ''Baseline'', Ziff Davis Media.〕 his career has spanned several Industries, helping Federal Express introduce its worldwide package tracking and tracing systems,〔Walter, Stephanie K. (May 1985). "Corporate Information Systems, High Tech at Federal Express: How Barksdale Runs His Marvelous Machine", ''Management Technology'',International Thompson Publication, pp 22-29.〕 overseeing the operation and modernization of both Sprint and AT&T's Voice and Data Networks as well as their Product Development, Billing, Marketing and Customer Service systems.〔Harrar, George. (April 10, 1995). "ASAP Interview – Ron Ponder", ''Forbes ASAP'', pp 59-60.〕 As Executive Vice President and CIO at WellPoint,〔Wherry, Rob. (Jan 7, 2005). "Health Care IT", Forbes.com.〕〔Marrietti, Charlene. (April 2005). "IT Health Care Innovators: Quality Technology Meets a Champion", ''Healthcare Informatics – The Business of Healthcare Information Technology'', McGraw Hills Companies, Volume 22, number 4.〕 he drove the technology, systems integration strategy and operations as the company grew to become the nation's largest medical insurance carrier in the U.S. during his tenure.〔Wherry, Rob. (June 20, 2005). "Medical Technology – Data Docs", ''Forbes Magazine''.〕 In 2006 he founded and currently leads an Information Technology consulting firm, formed by Ponder and several of his former business associates. The group specializes in managing large-scale business and government technology program implementations, information technology group transformations and providing leadership on troubled projects. ==The Early Years== Ponder was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. Shortly after his birth, his father died and his mother, a telephone operator, left to return with him to the family farm. It was there that Ponder lived and was raised by his mother and grandparents who owned a sizeable farm, general store, feed business and service station. Ponder's grandfather served as a mentor and role model. Starting at a very young age, and continuing through his college years, he worked closely with his grandfather in the family business.〔Wagnon, Bill (June 1997), "Ron Ponder Leads AT&T into the Information Future", ''Mississippi Alumnus: Summary 1997''. Mississippi State University College of Business and Industry.〕 When he was in high school, his mother remarried and the family moved to Magnolia, Arkansas, where he completed high school and college. After completing his undergraduate work in Industrial Management and Engineering, scholarships eventually led him to both Louisiana Tech University for an MBA and Mississippi State University, where he completed his Doctorate in Business Administration. He majored in Operations Research and Computer Science, the latter a fairly new and embryonic field of study. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Ponder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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