AmeriPride Services, a leading textile services and supply company in North America, today announced the appointment of Steven John to the position of vice president and chief information officer (CIO). As a part of AmeriPride’s executive leadership team, Steven will be responsible for the overall leadership of the Information Systems (IS) Team and the ongoing development of the company’s digital strategy.
“AmeriPride has been investing in and enhancing our capabilities and leadership in technology in order to enrich the customer experience and accelerate growth,” said Bill Evans, president and CEO of AmeriPride. “With his strong background in developing innovative technology solutions for leading brands, Steven John will help us achieve our company’s growth strategy through digital John most recently served as CIO of Workday Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise applications for human resource management, payroll and finance, where he worked closely with IT leaders and their teams to realize the full benefits of cloud computing. He was an integral part of Workday’s senior leadership team and played a key role in the company achieving and maintaining John was previously the CIO at H. B. Fuller Company and Agriliance and also held leadership positions with the Society for Information Management (SIM), First Health, CIGNA, Unisource Network Services and Transora. For 10 years, he has also served as a facilitator for SIM’s Leadership Forum and he is a founding member of the CIO Executive Council. In addition, he is a mentor in the CIO Executive Council’s Pathways program and a contributing writer to CIO Magazine. John was selected as a ‘Premier 100 IT Leader’ by Computerworld magazine in 2006 and was presented the CIO Executive Council’s Leadership Award in 2008. Under his leadership, H.B. Fuller was ranked among the ‘Top 500’ leaders in business technology by InformationWeek in 2009 and he was also recognized by InformationWeek in 2010 as an industry innovator for his work implementing cloud solutions. John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah and completed graduate work at Temple University.
As a part of its digital innovation strategy, AmeriPride recently announced a new Customer Portal that will allow customers to view and pay bills online, access program details and better communicate with their service team. It also re-launched its company web stores on a new platform and launched a ‘Custom eStores’ program which builds customized web stores for qualified customers to manage their uniform program and spending while enabling employees to order specific, approved products. Evans says the appointment of Steven John directly supports these efforts and will help advance the company even further as an industry leader in digital innovation.
