HDA Truck Pride strengthens its technology leadership

HDA Truck Pride strengthens its technology leadership

HDA Truck Pride has announced the appointment of Laura Hewitt as Vice President of Information Technology. Leveraging her 25+ year of experience in the data and technology fields, Laura will lead the strategic planning, development, operations, and support for the organization.

Throughout her career, Laura has been instrumental in the successful delivery of legacy system conversions, process improvement initiatives and new product development. HDA Truck Pride will benefit greatly from her problem solving, change management and leadership skills.

Prior to joining HDA Truck Pride, Laura held an Executive Director role at S&P Global, a management
position at Minacs and was a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she gained
experience in the automotive, retail, financial and utilities sectors. Actively involved in her industry,
Laura is a member of various professional groups, mentoring programs and helps lead a non-profit
organization in Michigan.

Despite her demanding career, Laura makes time to get involved in her community through school board involvement and developing our future leaders through mentoring programs. Laura resides in Brighton, Michigan with her husband and two children.

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