La-Z-Boy Taps New CIO

June 19, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Retail Technology on June 2006 Daniel DeLand has been named chief information officer for La-Z-Boy Inc.

In his new role, DeLand is responsible for driving the design and development of information systems and infrastructure to support the company’s strategic business objectives. He reports to Otis Sawyer, senior vice president of corporate operations, who previously held the CIO position.

DeLand, 46, started his career with La-Z-Boy in 1999 as manager application services and, in his most recent position, as director of technical business solutions, was responsible for leading and managing a team of more than 35 IT professionals in aligning processes and various technologies with La-Z-Boy’s operating objectives.

“Having worked for the past 20 years in the IT field, Dan has a wealth of experience,” Sawyer said. “He has been a strong member of our IT team since joining La-Z-Boy, and I have every confidence he will continue to make an outstanding contribution to the company as he understands the importance of information technology in driving efficiency both internally and with the company’s supply chain and retail partners.”

Prior to joining La-Z-Boy, DeLand was a senior systems engineer with EDS. While there, he was a lead project manager and architect of technological solutions for a number of high-profile assignments, including a $9 million project to integrate imaging with optical character recognition and computer telephony technology among several existing systems.