ScottsMiracle-Gro Appoints Prathima Hegde as Chief Information Officer

 The ScottsMiracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG), home to North America’s leading consumer lawn and garden brands, has announced the naming of Prathima Hegde as senior vice president and chief information officer.

With approximately $3.3 billion in sales, the Company is the leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products in North America. The Company’s brands are among the most recognized in the industry. The Company’s Scotts®, Miracle-Gro®, Ortho®, and Tomcat® brands are market-leading in their categories.

Hegde has more than two decades of enterprise technology leadership across consumer-packaged goods, manufacturing, healthcare, and education. Most recently, as CIO of Del Monte Foods, she spearheaded enterprise IT strategy, cloud modernization, data analytics, and AI initiatives. Previously, as head of corporate applications at Tropicana Brands Group, she led the technology spinoff from PepsiCo, building modern digital platforms. She has also served in senior IT roles at Adtalem Global Education and Abbott Laboratories. Hegde holds an MBA in strategy and finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from Osmania University.

Read the official press release from ScottsMiracle-Gro here.

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