Chad Meador

Chad Meador has a strong background in IT and business operations. Chad is currently working as a Sr. Director of IT Business Operations at Sonic Automotive. Prior to this, they held roles at JELD-WEN, Inc. as an IT Director, where they were responsible for both business operations and serving as Chief of Staff to the CIO. Chad also worked as a Program Manager at Flexential, managing projects in the PMO. Before that, Chad held multiple positions at Ingersoll Rand, including IT Project Manager, Program Manager, and Analyst. Chad began their career as a Database Developer at BCD Meetings & Events and served as a Computer Science Instructor at West Virginia University.

Chad Meador holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from West Virginia University, which they obtained in 2004. Chad continued their education at the same university and obtained a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 2006. In addition to their degrees, Chad Meador has also obtained certifications in Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute in 2016 and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL v3) from PeopleCert in 2018.