Kathy McElligott is Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of McKesson Corporation. As CIO, McElligott is responsible for all technology initiatives within the corporation. As CTO, McElligott guides the overall technology direction for the company’s healthcare technology products, and provides support and guidance for application development processes companywide.

Prior to McKesson, McElligott served as the CIO of Emerson, a St. Louis-based global manufacturing and technology company, where she managed the company’s information technology strategy and information security for its global operations, including hardware, software, and services, as well as its telecommunications and data center infrastructure.

McElligott sits on the board of directors at ArcBest, a publicly traded $2.6B freight transportation and logistics company.