Chris Davis-Pipe
Group Vice President, I.T.
Crown Worldwide
cdavispipe@crownworldwide.com
Chris Davis-Pipe joined Crown in 1997 and is currently Group Vice President of I.T. for Crown Worldwide. With his global team, Mr. Davis-Pipe manages all aspects of Crown's information technology, supporting over 4,000 employees in 50 countries, across five Crown businesses. He develops and oversees the company's global IT strategy including the implementation of company standards ranging from infrastructure management, security, business continuity and disaster recovery to procurement, deployment and support of Crown's core business applications. Mr. Davis-Pipe is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, is very active in the IT industry and as a speaker at industry conferences. He has received several awards from IBM and Microsoft for his role in new software development including RMi, Crown Records Management Invoicing System.
Mr. Davis-Pipe is currently overseeing a 50-member I.T. development team in Bangalore, India, in the creation of a new Java-based application to enhance Crown's global communication infrastructure. This next generation system will be the first of its kind and is being developed specifically to serve the global mobility and business information industries, including corporate transferees, human resource professionals and records management professionals. This new Web-based system will enable Crown Worldwide to better connect and serve its global clients, service partners and staff.
Mr. Davis-Pipe, a English National, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, U.K. and holds a variety of IT industry certifications such as CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) and CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).
