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IT veteran Robert Carter to fill role
When CIO Dennis H. Jones started at FedEx Corp., it was a 2-year-old, $30 million start-up.
Now, after 25 years with the $20 billion, Memphis-based global shipping giant, Jones plans to retire by year's end.
Jones, who agreed to stay on to help his successor, Chief Technology Officer Robert B. Carter, make the transition to CIO, said he will be looking for new challenges.
"I'll probably be retired for half a nanosecond," said Jones, who is also FedEx's executive vice president of information technology. "I'm looking for a different challenge with a lot of breadth and depth to it. I have a lot of different options, but it remains to be seen in which direction...