Frank Iannella
About
Frank Iannella is from New York City Metropolitan Area. Frank is currently Member of the Libraries Advisory Board at Syracuse University Libraries. Frank also works as Governing Board Member at Evanta, a Gartner Company, a job Frank has held since Feb 2024. Another title Frank currently holds is CIO USA, SVP Digital & Technology at The HEINEKEN Company. In Frank's previous role as a CIO, Head of IT and Business Transformation at Freshpet, Frank worked in Secaucus, New Jersey, United States until Apr 2022. Prior to joining Freshpet, Frank was a Principal Consultant | CIO Advisory Services | CPG Industry at Advanced Technology Concepts LLC and held the position of Principal Consultant | CIO Advisory Services | CPG Industry. Prior to that, Frank was a VP, Global Supply Chain | BRM | OT | Cybersecurity at PepsiCo, based in Purchase, NY from Oct 2018 to Oct 2020. Frank started working as Sr. Director, Foodservice | CIO | Strategy | eCommerce | BRM at PepsiCo in White Plains, NY in Jan 2015. From Jan 2012 to Jan 2015, Frank was Director, Innovation Systems | Go-To-Market | Engineering | Product Lifecycle | Analytics at PepsiCo, based in Valhalla, NY. Prior to that, Frank was a Director, Enterprise Data Management | SAP | ERP | Master Data | Integration at PepsiCo, based in Valhalla, NY from Jan 2008 to Jan 2012. Frank started working as Senior Manager, Foodservice IT | Application Development | Operations | Sales Reporting at PepsiCo in Somers, New York, United States in Jan 2005.
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Frank Iannella's current jobs
Proud to join the Syracuse University Libraries Advisory Board, where I collaborate with fellow alumni and leaders to support the Libraries' mission of advancing research, innovation, and learning.
Member of Heineken USA executive team, actively contributing to the development and execution of the company’s overall business strategy and direction. Leader of IT function responsible for digital transformation, strategy, technology development and deployment, cybersecurity, and on-going operational services and support.
Frank Iannella's past jobs
Led the company’s IT strategy to support aggressive growth targets along with increased supply chain capacity, scaled operations, and new go to market strategies. Provided strategic direction and leadership for the transformation required to implement new technology capabilities across all functions. Delivered Infrastructure strategy and design to support new manufacturing plant as well as legacy footprint across locations.
Provided CIO advisory services to IT and business leaders to support digital transformation. Strategic areas included transformation roadmapping, IT technology & services, data and analytics, change management leadership, and migration to cloud. Client portfolio included global CPG and Retail companies.
Directed global, multi-year transformational program to provide cybersecurity protection to 250-plus food, beverage, and chemical manufacturing plants, as well as 2,000 supply chain locations. Solidified new strategic direction informed by industry best practices and current risk profiles of internal manufacturing locations. Led formation of new end-to-end plant remediation model, including assessments, engineering, deployment, and IT and OT operations. Completed industry baseline maturity model to measure risk readiness across OT environment.
Led global IT group in CIO capacity as strategic partner for $5B+ foodservice business across sales, marketing, innovation, equipment service, and other enabling functions. Guided introduction of new call center capabilities to improve customer experience, including analytics-driven acquisition and retention, marketing automation, and omnichannel engagement for $1B+ telesales business. A key partner in achieving growth targets for $1B+ vending business, including the rollout of the new healthy vending machines. Established global equipment technology forum to collaborate with key stakeholders across each sector on various technologies, including telemetry, mobility, and analytics, supporting various market tests in China, Mexico, UK, and Canada.
Led and managed global IT innovation group to pioneer IoT solution for beverage equipment, with combination of homegrown and third-party solutions. Managed multi-year smart equipment program that delivered IoT services in support of next generational and legacy equipment, implementing full solution stack (including equipment hardware and software, security, connectivity, network management, and cloud services). Designed and established working innovation laboratory to prototype and demonstrate IoT concepts, including mobile payments through vending machines, Bluetooth Low Energy recognition for fountain machines, legacy cooler tracking, and mobile promotions.
Guided and managed cross-location enterprise data team, with focus on go-to-market operational support, supply chain, and delivery of related business investments. Member of PepsiCo SAP project, coordinating and staffing new customer and material data teams.
Developed five-year IT strategy for Foodservice division in alignment with long-term business goals. Led several multimillion-dollar programs and projects for development and implementation of critical sales volume, trade spending, and reporting applications. Facilitated creation of new business processes and solutions to support aggressive growth targets.
Led team responsible for application support, development, and consultative services for corporate business areas, including tax, treasury, finance, audit, legal, global security, public affairs, risk management, government affairs, and aviation. Supervised application portfolio comprised of 80-plus custom and packaged applications on various platforms, including Java, Oracle, SQL Server, and Citrix.
Led project team in configuration and implementation of multidivisional, multinational financial consolidation system for 400 users worldwide (Hyperion Enterprise). Key liaison with domestic and international controllers and financial consolidation users for all project activities.
Guided project team in design, development, and implementation of new executive compensation and organization management software. Designed, developed, and implemented enhancements for corporate human resource software used by more than 40 international company locations.
Implemented HRIS systems for over 30 domestic and international clients. Services included scope analysis, data conversion, customizations, training, and implementation for all client server applications and modules.