Business Chief US+CAN Magazine August 2020 | Page 273

SMC Corporation Overview
SMC Corporation Overview
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Loggins joined the firm in 2006 as Manager of IT Operations and progressed through a handful of roles within the organisation before becoming Global VP of IT in December 2019 . The newly-created position is an expansion of his recent role as Director of IT from 2012 to 2019 which was overlapped by an additional position as European Director of IT from 2017 to 2019 . With this experience and understanding of IT that transcends borders and SMC ’ s traditional model , Loggins ’ leadership is well placed to ensure the necessary shifts from an IT perspective will be thorough , considered , and effective . The crux of his projects and strategies , he says , is to use IT as the differentiator that supports SMC ’ s strategic competitiveness .
“ The responsibility we ’ ve taken in IT is to build the infrastructure on technological , operational , staff , policy and procedural levels ; whatever it takes from an IT standpoint to ensure we can share data and work with each other geographic boundaries in a productive manner ,” he explains . “ We want to make sure that we ’ re not
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