Management Leadership
Bill DeLaney
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bill began his Sysco career in 1987 as assistant treasurer at Sysco’s corporate headquarters in Houston. He was promoted to treasurer in 1991, and in 1993 was named a vice president of the corporation, continuing in that role until 1994. He joined Sysco Syracuse in 1996 as chief financial officer, progressed to senior vice president in 1998 and executive vice president in 2002. In 2004, he moved to Sysco Charlotte as president and chief executive officer. Bill returned to Houston in 2007 and subsequently was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the corporation. He was promoted to chief executive officer and became a member of Sysco’s board of directors in 2009 and assumed his current position in 2010.
Manny Fernandez
Chairman of the Board
Manny has served as a director of Sysco since November 2006. He is the former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Gartner Incorporated. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer at Dataquest, Incorporated; Gavilan Computer Corporation; and Zilog Incorporated. Manny also serves on the board of directors of Brunswick Corporation, Flowers Foods, Inc., and The Black & Decker Corporation. He became Sysco’s non-executive chairman in March 2009.
Senior Management
Brian Beach
Senior Vice President and President-Sysco Ventures
Brian joined Sysco in early 2011 from the University of Florida where he was senior vice president for administration and business ventures and chief of staff to the president. In his current role, Brian leads Sysco’s pursuit and development of strategic foodservice opportunities, particularly in the areas of restaurant technology and applications. He began his career in 1991 at Ernst and Young as a senior consultant, followed by roles at Allen C. Ewing & Co. Investment Bankers, Synagen Capital Partners and SI Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm.
Bill Day
Executive Vice President, Merchandising and Supply Chain
Bill began his Sysco career in 1983 as a staff accountant at Sysco Memphis. He moved to Sysco Corporate in 1987 and in 1991 led the deployment of a new company-wide operating system. He was promoted to assistant controller of the corporation and became a corporate officer in 1999. He started the RDC project in 2000 and was promoted to vice president, supply chain management in 2003. In 2007, Bill was promoted to senior vice president, supply chain management and took on the additional responsibilities of the company’s merchandising activities in 2009. He stepped up to his current role in 2010.
Twila Day
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Twila began her Sysco career in 1992 as a programmer analyst in the company’s information technology department and focused on the development of a company-wide ERP system. She progressed through a wide range of management positions before being promoted to assistant vice president, technology and applications in 2000. She became vice president information technology and chief information officer in 2006, and was promoted to her current role in 2009.
Kirk Drummond
Senior Vice President, Sysco Business Services
Kirk began his Sysco career in 1986 as controller of Sysco Grand Rapids. In 1989, he transferred to Sysco Atlanta as chief financial officer and controller, a position he held until 1992 when he assumed the added duties of vice president of finance. Kirk relocated to Sysco’s corporate headquarters in 1997 when he was appointed vice president and controller. He was named vice president and chief information officer in 2000, and in 2005 he became senior vice president and chief information officer. He was promoted to senior vice president, finance and treasurer in 2005 and took on his current responsibilities over Sysco Business Services in 2010.
Mitch Elmer
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Mitch began his Sysco career in 1989 as a staff auditor. In 1991 he transferred to Sysco’s Virginia subsidiary and the following year was named vice president of finance and administration. He was appointed vice president of finance at Sysco Louisville in 1995, progressed to senior vice president of marketing, merchandising and finance at that company in 1997, and the following year he transferred to Sysco Denver as vice president of finance. In 2000, Mitch returned to Sysco’s corporate office to serve as vice president and controller, and in 2005 took on the additional responsibilities of chief accounting officer.
Bill Goetz
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Bill joined Sysco in his current role in 2012. Prior to Sysco he served as president and chief operations officer-global accounts and strategic markets at Cintas Corporation. He began his career in 1986 as a management trainee at Cintas and progressed through a series of roles with increasing responsibility before becoming the company’s vice president-marketing and merchandising. In 2003, he joined ECOLAB Corporation as vice president-corporate marketing and later became vice president-international marketing. In 2006, he returned to Cintas as vice president and chief marketing officer. He took on his role as president and chief operations officer-global accounts and strategic markets in 2008.
Mike Green
Executive Vice President and Group President
Mike began his foodservice career in 1981, serving 10 years in various sales and management positions before joining Sysco Chicago as a member of the management development program in 1991. He progressed to vice president of marketing that same year, vice president of marketing and merchandising in 1992, and in the fall of 1992 was named executive vice president of the Chicago operation. He was moved to Sysco Detroit in 1994 as president and CEO. Mike was promoted to senior vice president operations, midwest region for the corporation in 2004 and became executive vice president, northeast and north central U.S. foodservice operations in 2008. He was named executive vice president, U.S. foodservice operations in 2010 and was promoted to executive vice president and group president in 2011. Mike oversees all Sysco operating companies, including U.S. and Canada broadline companies, meat companies, SYGMA, FreshPoint, International Food Group, Sysco Guest Supply and Pallas Foods in Ireland.
Alan Hasty
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Alan began his Sysco career in 1981 as a marketing associate for Sysco Orlando and progressed to various sales and merchandising positions before being promoted in 1985 to vice president of merchandising at Sysco North Carolina. In 1990, he transferred to Sysco Virginia, was appointed executive vice president in 1993, and was promoted to president and CEO in 1995. He was named president and CEO of Sysco Cleveland in 2004 and took on added responsibilities as CEO of Sysco Cincinnati, Sysco Central Ohio, and Sysco Pittsburgh in 2009. He was moved to Sysco Corporate and promoted to his current position in 2010.
Mike Headrick
Senior Vice President, Foodservice Operations, South Region
Mike began his Sysco career in 1978 as a staff accountant at Sysco Nashville and progressed to various management positions before being named senior vice president of finance and administration in 1989. He moved to Sysco Miami in 1993 as senior vice president of finance and operations, and became executive vice president in 1997. In 2000, he was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Sysco Jackson and the following year was appointed president and CEO at Jackson. He was named president and CEO of Sysco Raleigh in 2005, and in 2009 he was promoted to CEO of Sysco Eastern Maryland, Sysco Hampton Roads, Sysco Knoxville, Sysco Memphis, Sysco Nashville, and Sysco Virginia. Mike was promoted to his current corporate role in 2010.
Jim Hope
Executive Vice President, Business Transformation
Jim began his Sysco career in 1987 as a financial analyst at the corporate headquarters in Houston and advanced through a variety of management positions before moving to Sysco Kansas City in 1993 as chief financial officer. In 2000, he was promoted to president and chief executive officer of that company. He returned to Houston in 2005 to serve as a group president for Sysco’s strategic development initiative where he focused on customer needs. In 2007, he was promoted to senior vice president, sales and marketing, and in 2008 he assumed leadership of Sysco’s business transformation. He was promoted to his current position in 2009.
Kent Humphries
Senior Vice President, Corporate Multi-Unit Sales and CEO of Sysco Canada
Kent began working at Sysco Albany in 1972 as a marketing associate and after advancing through various management positions was promoted to executive vice president of that company in 1981. He was named president and chief executive officer of Sysco Syracuse in 1983, and in 1996 he moved to Sysco Baltimore as president and CEO. He relocated to Toronto in 2007 when he was promoted to senior vice president, Canadian foodservice operations for the corporation. He moved to Sysco Corporate and was promoted to his current position in 2010.
Fred Lankford
Senior Vice President, Distribution Services
Fred joined Sysco in 1981 when his family’s foodservice company, S.E. Lankford, Jr. Produce Co., merged with Sysco and became Sysco Eastern Maryland. He held positions in operations, merchandising and sales prior to being named executive vice president in 1987. He was promoted to president of Sysco Eastern Maryland in 1995, and was promoted to his current role in 2011.
Russell Libby
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Russell joined Sysco in 2007 as assistant vice president-mergers & acquisitions and real estate and was promoted to vice president, general counsel and secretary in early 2011. He was promoted to his current role in November of 2011 and will continue to oversee Sysco’s legal affairs, mergers and acquisitions. Russell began his career in 1991 with Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP, in Atlanta, and has held leadership positions at Liuski International, Inc., a computer distribution and manufacturing company; COFRA Holding A.G., a Swiss international conglomerate; and Good Energies, Inc., an investment advisor.
Chris Kreidler
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Chris joined Sysco in 2009 after serving as executive vice president and CFO at C&S Wholesale Grocers. Prior to joining C&S, he was a senior finance executive at Yum! Brands, Inc. He joined that company’s predecessor, PepsiCo, in 1996 and progressed through increasingly responsible finance roles, culminating in his position as senior vice president, corporate strategy and treasurer, in which he had global responsibility for strategy, treasury, M&A, and risk management.
Paul Moskowitz
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Paul came to Sysco in 2011 after serving as chief human resources officer at Dean Foods, a role he held since 2007. He began his career in 1988 as a compensation consultant at Towers Perrin. After joining Brinker International in 1992, he progressed through a series of roles with increasing responsibility at Brinker and then two other premier restaurant companies, Darden Restaurants, Inc. and Yum! Brands, Inc., culminating with his role as chief people officer at Pizza Hut USA.
Larry Pulliam
Executive Vice President and Group President
Larry began his Sysco career in 1975 with a predecessor company in Fort Worth, Texas. After joining Sysco’s corporate office in 1987, he served in various leadership roles in operating companies, returning to Sysco’s corporate office in 1997 as vice president and chief information officer. He was promoted to president and chief executive officer of Sysco Houston in 2000, and in 2002 Larry returned to Sysco Corporate as senior vice president of merchandising services. He was promoted to executive vice president, sales and global supply chain in 2006, and in 2009 was promoted to executive vice president, foodservice operations. He was named executive vice president and group president in 2011 and oversees Sysco’s Contract Sales, Distribution Services, Sustainability, Supply Chain Services, Procurement Services, Business Transformation and Information Technology functions.
Scott Sonnemaker
Senior Vice President, Foodservice Operations, West Region
Scott began his Sysco career in 1996 as director, disposables merchandising, at Sysco’s corporate office in Houston. He was promoted to vice president, merchandising and marketing at Sysco Portland in 1998, and was named senior vice president of sales for that company the next year. In 2000, he was promoted to executive vice president at Sysco Portland and became president and CEO in 2001. He was promoted to his current corporate position in 2008.
Chuck Staes
Senior Vice President, Foodservice Operations, North Region
Chuck joined Sysco in 1986 when his family’s produce distribution business merged with Sysco Chicago. He became vice president of merchandising in 1992 and was promoted to executive vice president in 1996, followed by his promotion to president of that company in 1997. He was promoted to his current corporate position in 2008. He spent two years in the management information consulting division of Arthur Andersen prior to joining Sysco.
