Sysco Corporation - Systems and Services Company (Headquarters)
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Name: Mr William J. (Bill) DeLaney III
Bill began his Sysco career in 1987 as assistant treasurer at Sysco’s corporate headquarters in Houston. He was promoted to treasurer in 1991, and in 1993 was named a vice president of the corporation, continuing in that role until 1994. He joined Sysco Syracuse in 1996 as chief financial officer, progressed to senior vice president in 1998 and executive vice president in 2002. In 2004, he moved to Sysco Charlotte as president and chief executive officer. Bill returned to Houston in 2007 and subsequently was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the corporation. He was promoted to chief executive officer and became a member of Sysco’s board of directors in 2009 and assumed his current position in 2010.