Wayne Anderson

Wayne Anderson, chief information officer for Wedgewood Pharmacy, reports to Marcy Bliss, chief executive officer. He is responsible for the company’s information technology function, with emphasis on partnering with stakeholders to think strategically about digital disruption and innovation and to help position the organization to adapt rapidly and scale to meet the demands of evolving business dynamics. Wayne is responsible primarily for driving and supporting transformation efforts related to IT strategy, e-commerce, business applications, IT engineering and architecture, and cybersecurity.

Wayne has 30+ years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wedgewood Pharmacy, he served as the CIO and VP for Graham Packaging, a private-equity-backed $2B manufacturer of engineered rigid plastic packaging serving consumer-product markets from 80+ global locations. During his tenure, he focused efforts on optimizing technology use to deliver value-added capabilities and efficiencies across the enterprise and customer base. Cornerstones of his included delivering native cloud capabilities and services, building a ‘business-optimized’ IT operational model, building partner ecosystems, and installing a full complement of cybersecurity capabilities, among others.

Over the course of his career, he has held supply-chain, technical, transformation, M&A integration, and consulting-leadership assignments at manufacturing organizations across a variety of industries, including defense electronics, capital electronics, packaging, plastics, and chemicals.

Wayne earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. On numerous occasions throughout his career, he has presented at various technical conferences involving his teams’ experiences implementing ERP solutions.