Hanger, Austin, Texas, announced that Scott Ranson has joined the company as its chief information officer (CIO), effective July 20.
Ranson joins Hanger after 14 years of experience as the CIO for Brookdale Senior Living, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. During that time, he led several enterprise resource planning and electronic medical records implementations, and built a successful information technology team. In 2010, he was recognized as one of the Computerworld Premier 100 Information Technology Leaders.
“Scott joins Hanger at a very critical time as we work toward implementing smarter systems, utilizing better data, and creating a scalable and supportable infrastructure,” said Hanger President and CEO Vinit Asar. “Scott brings the right mix of vision, leadership, and experience to help Hanger put information and technology to work for us in unprecedented ways.”
Ranson earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration, business management, and computer information systems from Ashland University.