Jayne Pendergast oversees management of the IT infrastructure across all functional areas of the business, including application development, data management, data center operations, information security, and telecommunication networks.
An accomplished professional with more than 25 years of technology experience, Ms. Pendergast will be responsible for developing and implementing the critical information systems infrastructure necessary to ensure Performant meets its strategic business objectives.
Before joining Performant, Ms. Pendergast spent four years as the Vice President of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer for Appleseed's, a privately held women's clothing retailer headquartered in Massachusetts. As a member of the executive management team and the company's first CIO, Ms. Pendergast created Appleseed's overall IT infrastructure and led numerous technology initiatives.
Prior to joining Appleseed's, Ms. Pendergast served as corporate director of information systems at Cornerstone Brands e-Commerce Services, a direct marketing retailer, where she established a centralized program office to manage technology priorities across six individual companies, resulting in significant annual cost savings.
Ms. Pendergast received her MBA from Western New England College and a BS in Business Administration from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. |