Select Comfort Corp assigns Ernie Park as SVP & CIO
20 May '06
2 min read
Select Comfort Corporation, the nation's leading bed retailer and creator of the Sleep Number bed, announced the appointment of Ernie Park as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, effective May 30.
Park joins Select Comfort from Maytag Corporation, where he served as Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
At Maytag, he led the transformation and realignment of the IT function, implementing LeanSigma (a combination of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma) and other strategic initiatives to leverage best practices, increase efficiencies and standardize technologies and tools to turn IT into a highly responsive business function at Maytag.
Prior to Maytag, Park served as Vice President and CIO of Global Business Services for Honeywell International Inc, where he had primary responsibility for the company's global shared service information technology business, supporting computing, network and corporate application services. He also has held various IT leadership positions at Avnet Inc, including Corporate Vice President of Technology Services.
Park earned his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science.
"Information systems are an important foundation for building a great company," said Bill McLaughlin, Chairman and CEO, Select Comfort.
"Though we've made important progress with our systems over the past years, a personal priority this year was to identify and attract a leader with large-scale systems experience, who has developed strong teams and partnerships, and delivered solutions to support growth, innovation and customer relationships around the world. We are excited to have Ernie join our team."
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