Kevin V. Summers — Senior VP, Chief Information Officer & Member of Executive Board at AVNET INC

Mr. Kevin V. Summers has been the Chief Information Officer and Member of Executive Board at Avnet, Inc. since December 6, 2016 and serves as its Senior Vice President. As Chief Information Officer, Mr. Summers has responsibility for Avnet's global IT strategy and enterprise effectiveness initiative. He leads Avnet's Global Information Solutions team and sets the IT roadmap strategy that helps differentiate Avnet as a technology leader. He also has oversight to ensure implementation and synergy of systems and processes across the organization. Mr. Summers served as the Chief Information Officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc. since July 9, 2012. He joined Avnet with more than 25 years of experience leading the technology efforts of several large-scale IT organizations including: H&R Block, Lowe's, Whirlpool and The Coca-Cola Company, as well as senior executive positions at&T and GE. Mr. Summers possesses a wealth of IT experience in strategy and roadmap development, which is complemented by deep expertise in using innovative technologies such as cloud computing, IoT solutions and big data analytics platforms to enhance e-commerce, supply chain and retail sales operations. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from College of Charleston and an MBA from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.