Dunavant Welcomes New CIO Michael Bartz
December 17, 2020
Dunavant Enterprises and Dunavant Global Logistics Group are proud to welcome Michael Bartz as Chief Information Officer.
Bartz will direct all information technology and initiatives as well as lead and manage client systems and business process integrations.
“Our continued growth has prompted the opportunity to hire a CIO to strengthen our IT platforms and services to our employees and customers,” said William B. Dunavant III, Dunavant Enterprises President & CEO. “Michael will provide both strategic and tactical leadership for core transportation, business intelligence, and financial processing applications.”
Bartz holds over 20 years of systems engineering, managed services and solutions experience. Prior to joining Dunavant, Bartz served as Vice President of Information Technology for ReTrans, a Kuehne+Nagel company. Bartz has also served as an adjunct professor to his alma mater University of Memphis, where he teaches courses in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering on various topics including software engineering (Agile with Python, Java, Ada), digital signal processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
ABOUT DUNAVANT. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. A family-owned business that has grown to provide solutions within transportation, drayage and trucking, supply chain management, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and chassis leasing, supported by strategic locations in major port and intermodal cities across the U.S., Asia, and the Caribbean, Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with outstanding, attentive, and expedient customer service. For more information, visit Dunavant.com.
Bartz will direct all information technology and initiatives as well as lead and manage client systems and business process integrations.
“Our continued growth has prompted the opportunity to hire a CIO to strengthen our IT platforms and services to our employees and customers,” said William B. Dunavant III, Dunavant Enterprises President & CEO. “Michael will provide both strategic and tactical leadership for core transportation, business intelligence, and financial processing applications.”
Bartz holds over 20 years of systems engineering, managed services and solutions experience. Prior to joining Dunavant, Bartz served as Vice President of Information Technology for ReTrans, a Kuehne+Nagel company. Bartz has also served as an adjunct professor to his alma mater University of Memphis, where he teaches courses in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering on various topics including software engineering (Agile with Python, Java, Ada), digital signal processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
ABOUT DUNAVANT. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. A family-owned business that has grown to provide solutions within transportation, drayage and trucking, supply chain management, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and chassis leasing, supported by strategic locations in major port and intermodal cities across the U.S., Asia, and the Caribbean, Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with outstanding, attentive, and expedient customer service. For more information, visit Dunavant.com.
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