Jess Brown was Appointed as Chief Information Officer at RelaDyne.

March 9, 2011 - PRLog -- RelaDyne, leading equipment reliability management company, announced the appointment of Jess Brown as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Brown is responsible for all RelaDyne information technology services and support activities.  His first priority is to establish a common computing platform throughout the organization, which was launched when four leading equipment lubrication and service companies in the United States joined together in November 2010. You can find more information at http://www.ctosonthemove.com/Jess-Brown-Appointed-Chief-Information-Officer-at-RelaDyne

Prior to joining RelaDyne, Brown spent nearly 24 years with Wolseley plc, holding positions at Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.; Stock Building Supply and at Wolseley's head office.  Ferguson, located in Newport News, Va., is one of the nation's leading plumbing; pipes, valves and fittings; and building supply wholesale distributors.  There, Brown held a variety of technical and business operations positions with ever-increasing responsibilities.  Most recently, he was involved in optimizing Ferguson's SAP computing platform, as well as establishing programs to gather market intelligence, gauge customer service, and establish regional administrative services.  

Brown received a B.S. Degree in Management Information Systems from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va.   He completed executive development programs at the University of Virginia and the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.  In addition, he attended the Gallup School of Management in Lincoln, Neb., to study management.

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About RelaDyne
RelaDyne, Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides integrated equipment reliability management products and services for industrial, commercial, transportation and automotive businesses in the United States. Four industry leaders - Mid-Town Petroleum, Inc. (Bridgeview, Ill.), Oil Distributing Company (Cincinnati, Ohio), The Hurt Company, Inc. (Houston, Texas) and Pumpelly Oil Company LLC (Sulphur, La.) - joined to form RelaDyne on Nov. 9, 2010. Its innovative Field Reliability Management (FRM) platform of services is designed to enhance the operations of companies involved in process manufacturing, utilities, food and beverage processing, mining equipment and commercial fleets. The company benefits from an exclusive relationship with Mansfield Oil as well as the support of its business-building partner, Kidd & Company, and AEA Investors LP, which manages funds worth approximately $5 billion of invested and committed capital.