Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president and chief information officer for FedEx Corporation. FedEx Corporation with revenue of $32 billion provides the transportation industry's broadest range of services. Its operating subsidiaries including FedEx Express FedEx Ground FedEx Freight and FedEx Kinko's work together to enable business services and a seamless global supply-chain for all FedEx customers.
In his role as CIO Carter is responsible for the corporation's key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the information intensive transportation logistics and business related product offerings of FedEx Corporation.
Carter is also responsible for Customer Service at FedEx and was named Chairman of FedEx Kinko's in 2006.
Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has more than 25 years of systems development and implementation experience utilizing a wide variety of technology.
Carter earned his bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida and his MBA from the University of South Florida.
Born in 1959 in Taiwan Carter earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and his MBA from the University of South Florida. He joined FedEx in 1993 and has more than 25 years of systems development and implementation experience utilizing a wide variety of technology.
Carter serves as a member of the Saks Inc. Board of Directors and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees. He is active in the Memphis community serving as Chairman of the Capital Campaign for the University of Tennessee Hamilton Eye Institute and member of several civic boards including the Memphis Riverfront Development Corporation and the Lifeblood Foundation. Carter was named CIO of the year by InformationWeek magazine in 2005. |