Simmons Bank said Tuesday that Paul D. Kanneman has joined the company as executive vice president and chief information officer.
Kanneman most recently worked for 14 years for Grant Thornton of Dallas, an international accounting firm that provides tax and advisory services to businesses and public-sector entities around the world.
Simmons said Kanneman has more than 30 years of experience in management consulting, technology management and governance advisory services. At Simmons, his duties will include management of information technology infrastructure, physical and information security, data analytics, business applications and information technology project management.
After graduating from the University of Toledo, Kanneman served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer for seven years. He later worked for the global management consulting firms of Booz Allen & Hamilton and Andersen Consulting. Kanneman also started his own technology services company, which grew to more than 40 employees before being acquired, according to Simmons.
From 1994-98, Kanneman was the CIO for the Zale Corp., responsible for technology supporting more than 1,800 retail locations, three credit card processing and customer service centers with more than 12,000 employees, the corporate headquarters, and a distribution center and supply warehouse.
Simmons Bank is the subsidiary bank of Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff.