Carol Fawcett is Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Golden State Foods (GSF), a leading global supplier to more than 125,000 quick service restaurant and retail stores in 50 countries on five continents for more than 200 leading brands from its 50 locations worldwide. She provides vision and leadership for developing and executing digital transformation initiatives to improve GSF’s supply chain management operations, cost effectiveness, service quality and business development. Enabling data-driven business decisions using enterprise-wide key performance indicators, Carol has guided GSF’s business to partner with leading providers that deliver enhanced functionality, visibility, and security throughout the digital transformation journey.

An IT industry veteran of more than 30 years, Carol served as Chief Information Officer of Dell Software from 2012-2017, leading teams through an IT transformation resulting in a fully automated, simplified IT footprint that delivered significant efficiency and innovation opportunities across the businesses. At Dell, she was also responsible for the strategic vision of M&A IT acquisition integrations and infrastructure companywide. Previously, Carol was Chief Information Officer at Quest Software for eight years. Before joining Quest in 2000, she held IT leadership roles at Western Digital, Coldwell Banker and Pacific Mutual, heading up transformational initiatives for both IT and business in all areas of the organizations.

With more than three decades of serving in information technology leadership roles, Carol has a dynamic reputation in the industry for providing critical insight to innovation teams as new solutions come into the market. She has a proven track record in successful infrastructure, applications, e-commerce, Salesforce automation, and customer care. Additionally, Carol volunteers as a member of the GSF Foundation Board of Directors and co-chairs the Foundation’s Irvine, California committee.