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Rick Williams

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Vice President Information Technology at Ace Hardware
📍 Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

As Vice President of IT, Rick leverages over 25 years of experience to drive business innovation at Ace Hardware. A DePaul MBA graduate, he focuses on integrating disparate systems and establishing new technologies, recently championing a composable architecture to increase speed to market for retailers.

He has dedicated his entire professional career to Ace Hardware, progressing from a Software Engineer to his current executive leadership role.

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Experience
37 Years
Current Role
Vice President Information Technology
Job Level
Senior
Location
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
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Priorities

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Composable Architecture
He has recently discussed implementing a composable architecture at Ace to increase flexibility and speed to market for the company's independent retailers.
Retailer Technology
His focus is on leveraging IT to create a "frictionless experience" and provide enhanced technological support for Ace Hardware's network of retailers.
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Career

Work history

5-2015
Vice President Information Technology
Ace Hardware
3-2014 - 4-2015
Senior Director, Business Relationship & Software Engineering
Ace Hardware
1-2010 - 2-2014
Director, IT Business Relationship
Ace Hardware Corporation
1-2006 - 12-2009
Director, Software Engineering
Ace Hardware Corporation
6-1988 - 1-2006
Software Engineer
Ace Hardware Corporation
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Ace Hardware appoints Rick Williams Vice President of Information Technology. Featured in Ace Hardware Newsroom
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Rick Williams - Ace Hardware Newsroom. Featured in Ace Hardware Newsroom
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Education
MBA
DePaul Driehaus College of Business
1987 - 1988
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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
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