Twila Day

Biography

Twila Day is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Houston and a member of A&M’s Executive Technology Advisors group, a team of former Chief Information Officers from Fortune 500 companies that provides objective and independent advice, helps validate strategies, evaluates IT initiatives, and illuminates security and business risks. Ms. Day has advised companies in the construction, energy, pharmaceutical, national restaurant and engineering / manufacturing sectors on a variety of projects, including post-merger integration, IT / business performance improvement, IT cost-efficiency improvement and IT strategic plans. Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Day was the Chief Information Officer for Sysco Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, and was focused on strategic efforts that resulted in major business transformation. Those efforts included transitioning away from multiple legacy software systems to a single instance, moving the organization away from autonomous business processes to standardized processes, master data management efforts which included data cleansing / harmonization / data governance process and implementation of shared service for many back office functions. Ms. Day also served as a member of the ERM Executive Committee and Executive Risk Owner for data protection, cybersecurity and information technology availability. Ms. Day earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Our Lady of the Lake University. She currently holds leadership positions on two boards of nonprofit organizations, Society for Information Management and iUrban Houston.

Research Interest

Twila Day  has 30+ years of experience connecting information technology with the business to deliver results and a competitive advantage and she is a former Fortune 100 Chief Information Officer. Member of A&M's Executive Technology Advisors Group