Jennifer is a versatile information technology leader having had responsibilities in applications development, systems integration, infrastructure, support, and process development. She currently works as the IT Director of Application Development at Dealer Tire, which is the only national firm exclusively dedicated to helping original equipment automobile manufacturers design, implement and manage profitable tire programs for their dealerships. Previous to Dealer Tire, she was at an IT Director at Progressive Insurance for almost three years. During her tenure, she set the strategic direction of an ITIL-based service management program for their 3,500 person Information Technology organization and was responsible for the following enterprise applications; Business Intelligence, Customer Data, Project Management, Application Testing Automation, and Enterprise Content Management. Prior to Progressive, Jennifer spent 12 years at OfficeMax Corporate Headquarters in various Information Technology roles, including Retail Store Technology, Catalog/Call Center Applications, Ecommerce, Intranet, and the Project Office.

Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University, and she attained her Masters of Science in Management Information Systems from Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management. She is also a member of the Society for Information Management (www.simnet.org), Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council (http://www.hitecglobal.org), and the National Association for Female Executives (www.nafe.com).