Ronald Blahnik Email Address

Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Supply Chain Logistics and Retail Analytics

Hibbett Sports, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama is a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with more than 1,000 stores, primarily located in small and mid-sized communities across the country. Founded in 1945, Hibbett stores have a rich history of convenient locations, personalized customer service and access to coveted footwear, apparel and equipment from top brands like Nike, Under Armour and Adidas. Today Hibbett is the largest company headquartered in Alabama with 9,200 employees nationwide. Consumers can browse styles, find new releases, shop looks and make purchases online or in their nearest store by visiting www.Hibbett.com. - Hibbett Sports

Accomplished Information Technology Executive with a proven record of aligning IT resources with business requirements by conceptualizing, developing, and implementing business and technology-based solutions. Senior executive focused on driving business value, developing leaders, contributing expertise and making a difference.Ron has over 30 years of experience with more than 20 years of IT leadership supporting a variety of industries. After launching his own consulting business, he served as the CIO of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). He grew his leadership experience over 15 years at Lowe’s Companies helping to build out most of the IT capabilities for this fortune 40 enterprise. Prior to Lowe's, he spent 11 years serving in a variety of technology and leadership roles including Systems Programmer, Database Administrator and Project Manager at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Ron began his career by spending 8 years as an application developer for the US Military and the Insurance industry. Ron is a decorated Senior Warrant Officer having severed 20+ years in the US Army and Army Reserves prior to his retirement as Chief Warrant Officer in 2004 (CW3 Retired). Ron is an executive athlete and enjoys running. He has participated in races ranging from 5Ks to full marathons.Specialties Include:-IT Organization Transformation-IT Governance and Methodology-Running IT like a Business-Strategic Planning – Enterprise Portfolio Management-Strategic Sourcing – Sourcing and Vendor Management-Systems Architecture Design and Infrastructure Development – Technology Roadmap-Program Management Office - PMO-Applications Development and Delivery – ERP, Best of Breed and In-House, Agile Development-Data Management Systems for Business Intelligence and Digital evolution -Technology, Vendor, and Solution Management -Operations Management – ITIL/ITSM/DevOps-Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS transition and services-Business Continuity – Disaster Recovery - BIA