Sr. VP eBusiness Services & Corporate CIO, United Stationers
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Advisory Board Member at IOCOM
- Sr. VP eBusiness Services & Corporate CIO at United Stationers
- Editorial Advisory Board Member at InformationWeek
- Past
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- CIO at Acterna
- CIO at Visteon
- Manager, Vehicle Center Systems Europe at Ford Motor Company
- Education
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- University of Bristol
- Connections
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114
connections
- Industry
- Wholesale
- Websites
Dave Bent’s Summary
• Fortune 100 CIO experience.
• Information Week magazine CIO of the Year, 1999. (See www.informationweek.com/764/chief.htm - Information Week is the USA’s most widely circulated IT publication, with >400,000 readers weekly).
• Outstanding leadership skills with international experience, including four years in Britain, eleven years in Germany and eleven years in the USA. Fluent in both English and German languages.
• CIO experience in the Automotive, Telecommunications and Distribution industries.
• Currently President, United Stationers Technology Services and Senior Vice-President eBusiness Services & Corporate CIO United Stationers, North America’s largest distributor of Business Products.
• Fortune 100 experience as CIO, Visteon Automotive Systems, a $19 billion global automotive supplier. This position led a team of 800 business and IT professionals with an annual budget of $400 million.
• Large global company, senior management experience in defining, developing and implementing strategic breakthrough business processes and information technology projects.
• Knowledge and experience in acting as a catalyst for change in all primary business activities, including: product development, procurement, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, customer relationship management and marketing & sales.
• Significant experience in eBusiness, ERP, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain, Compliance, Outsourcing, M&A, and IT infrastructure transformation.
• Recognized industry leader in information technology and eBusiness. Invited speaker at numerous IT conferences, including keynote addresses.
• Member of Information Week Magazine’s Executive Advisory Board.
• Member of the Advisory Board of IOCOM, an advanced collaboration solutions company (www.iocom.com/io/advisory_board.html)
Dave Bent’s Specialties:
eBusiness, IT, Supply Chain, Strategy
Dave Bent’s Experience
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Advisory Board Member
IOCOM
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Sr. VP eBusiness Services & Corporate CIO
United Stationers
(Public Company; USTR; Wholesale industry)
May 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
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Editorial Advisory Board Member
InformationWeek
(Public Company; Publishing industry)
January 2000 — Present (10 years )
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CIO
Acterna
(Public Company; Wholesale industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years )
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CIO
Visteon
(Public Company; Wholesale industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years )
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Manager, Vehicle Center Systems Europe
Ford Motor Company
(Public Company; Wholesale industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Dave Bent’s Education
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University of Bristol
1979 — 1982
Additional Information
Dave Bent’s Websites:
Dave Bent’s Interests:
eBusiness, Supply Chain, Golf, Formula 1
Dave Bent’s Groups:
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CIO's Forum -
EVC Leaders - Practitioners of IT Enterprise Value Creation (Only for CIOs, IT & PMO Managers) -
Ford of Europe Systems Office Alumni
Dave Bent’s Honors:
InformationWeek CIO of the Year, 1999
Dave Bent’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
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