Crown Worldwide recently announced Chris Davis-Pipe as Group Vice President of Information Technology.

With his global team, Mr. Davis-Pipe manages all aspects of Crown's information technology, supporting over 4,000 employees in 50 countries, across six Crown businesses. He develops and oversees the company's global IT strategy including the implementation of company standards ranging from infrastructure management, security, business continuity and disaster recovery to procurement, deployment and support of Crown's core business applications.

He is currently overseeing a 50-member IT development team in Bangalore, India, in the creation of a new Java-based application to enhance Crown's global communication infrastructure. This next generation system will be the first of its kind and is being developed specifically to serve the global mobility and international transportation industry. This new Web-based system will enable Crown Worldwide to better connect and serve its global clients, service partners and staff.

Mr. Davis-Pipe is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, is very active in the IT industry and was recently invited to deliver a presentation to 345 guests at IBM's "Lotusphere Comes to You 2006" Conference. He has received several awards from IBM and Microsoft for his role in new software development including RMi, Crown Records Management Invoicing System. To read more about Mr. Davis-Pipe's involvement in the IT industry, please click here.

Mr. Davis-Pipe joined Crown in 1997. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bristol in the U.K. and holds a variety of IT industry certifications such as the CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) and the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate). He is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.