Awards & Recognition
★American Heart Association Award of Meritorious Achievement (2020)
★Business North Carolina Power 100 recognition (2020)
★Named to Fortune 500 CEO position at Advance Auto Parts
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Advance Auto Parts (2016-2023), not AutoZone as requested
→Previously CEO of Frito-Lay North America for 30+ years at PepsiCo
→Currently CEO of FleetPride (2025-present)
→Relocated Advance Auto Parts headquarters from Virginia to Raleigh, making it North Carolina's only Fortune 500 company
→Led company through major transformation achieving 5 consecutive years of comparable sales growth
→Board member of Tapestry Inc. and former board member of G&K Services
→Major supporter of American Heart Association, served as co-chair of Dallas and Triangle Heart Walks
→MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, bachelor's from Laurentian University