Kirk Hay

Kirk Hay is the Company’s Chief Information Officer and is responsible for Jack Cooper’s Information Technology function. Kirk has over three decades of experience leading IT departments of public companies in a variety of industries. His industry experience includes technology services, financial services, quick service restaurant, transportation logistics and insurance. During his career he has led both small, startup and large, established IT shops determining and fulfilling strategy in support of corporate objectives, regulatory compliance and aggressive M&A activities.

Prior to joining Jack Cooper in September of 2014, Kirk was a Director with Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. a leading provider of computer systems, cloud services and payment solutions for more than 11,000 financial services organizations across the U.S. Kirk was part of the leadership during rapid company and departmental growth both organically and via more than twenty company acquisitions. Kirk was part of the IT leadership at J.B. Hunt, one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, when they initiated their Intermodal, Logistics and Dedicated Contract Services offerings and transitioned the fleet to containers. He was also was part of the American Trucking Association’s then named Management Systems Council, EDI and Automated U.S. Customs taskforces. While with Papa John’s Kirk led the effort for their initial online ordering service which evolved into digital offerings which now account for more than half their sales. Kirk was part of the IT leadership also with National Processing Company, one of the world’s largest processors of credit card transactions and division of National City Bank, then the country’s 8th largest bank. Kirk started his career at American Community Mutual, then the 2nd largest health insurance provider in Michigan.

During his career Kirk has been active with several volunteer organizations, seated on the board of directors of charitable organizations, industry advisory councils of public and private universities as well as technology organizations and vendors. Kirk has a degree in Business Administration from Evangel University as well as industry specific certifications.