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Shelly Barnes
Shelly Barnes is the Vice President of Technology
and Process. She was promoted to this
position in January 2006. Previously she
was Director of IT for Arizona Tile and served in that capacity since joining
the company in February 2004. In her current role, she provides strategic
leadership, technology vision, and operational direction for the company’s
information technology enterprise. She also drives initiatives to achieve
enhanced operational excellence and efficiencies through business process
improvements for this rapidly growing tile and stone company.
Prior to
joining Arizona
Tile, she spent 10 years in various leadership positions with Phelps Dodge
Corporation,
most recently as Director of Operational Excellence and Supply Chain.
While at Phelps
Dodge, she was responsible for global high-value, multi-year project
portfolios, enterprise application development and support for the $2.1 billion
company operating in 26 countries. Shelly also served five years with Safeway, Inc.,
where she implemented a national IT helpdesk and change management
system.
She
holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and completed the Global
Leadership Program at Thunderbird School of International Management. Shelly is also the recipient of the 2006 CIO Decisions Mid-Market
Leadership Award.
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