Author: Anna Maria Virzi

Bottom Line Per…Gap CIO Ken Harris

Ken Harris has been chief information officer of apparel retailer The Gap since 1999, overseeing a $400-million technology department with 1,500 employees. He’s also held

Bottom Line Per…QVC CIO Rob Cochran

Sixteen years ago, Rob Cochran joined the then-fledgling retailer hawking jewelry, apparel, electronics and other merchandise on television. The company, recently acquired by Liberty Media

The Bottom Line Per… Bruce Saugstad

The Minnesota company, with an estimated $3 billion in annual revenue, sells frozen pizza including Tony’s, Red Baron and Freschetta, and delivers ice cream and

The Bottom Line Per… Richard Jones

The CIO of the $12 billion financial services company says information technology gives his company a competitive advantage. For example, Countrywide Financial reduced the time

The Bottom Line Per … Martin Davis

In September 2001, First Union Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., acquired Wachovia Corp. of Winston-Salem N.C., becoming the fifth-largest U.S. bank. Two months ago, the company

The Bottom Line Per … Steve Brown

The Minneapolis-based corporate- and leisure-travel company, whose holdings include Radisson Hotels and T.G.I. Friday’s, plans to spend $16 million on new information technology projects this