Ron Ponder
| Ron J Ponder | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1949 El Dorado, Arkansas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana Tech University Mississippi State University |
| Occupation | Founder of The Ponder Group |
| Awards | Stevie Awards |
Ron Ponder (born February 21, 1949) has served the past 35 years as a senior information technology executive in several Fortune 100 companies across a number of industries. He has held senior leadership positions at Federal Express,Sprint,AT&T,Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and WellPoint.
One of the first Global CIO's his career has spanned several Industries, helping Federal Express introduce its worldwide package tracking and tracing systems, overseeing the operation and modernization of both Sprint and AT&T's Voice and Data Networks as well as their Product Development, Billing, Marketing and Customer Service systems. As Executive Vice President and CIO at WellPoint, he drove the technology, systems integration strategy and operations as the company grew to become the nation's largest medical insurance carrier in the U.S. during his tenure.
In 2006 he founded and currently leads an Information Technology consulting firm, formed by Ponder and several of his former business associates. The group specializes in managing large-scale business and government technology program implementations, information technology group transformations and providing leadership on troubled projects.
Ponder was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. Shortly after his birth, his father died and his mother, a telephone operator, left to return with him to the family farm. It was there that Ponder lived and was raised by his mother and grandparents who owned a sizeable farm, general store, feed business and service station. Ponder's grandfather served as a mentor and role model. Starting at a very young age, and continuing through his college years, he worked closely with his grandfather in the family business.
When he was in high school, his mother remarried and the family moved to Magnolia, Arkansas, where he completed high school and college. After completing his undergraduate work in Industrial Management and Engineering, scholarships eventually led him to both Louisiana Tech University for an MBA and Mississippi State University, where he completed his Doctorate in Business Administration. He majored in Operations Research and Computer Science, the latter a fairly new and embryonic field of study.
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