Glatfelter announced that Joseph Zakutney has joined the company as vice president and chief information officer reporting to John Jacunski, executive vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, Zakutney will have overall responsibility for global IT operations and aligning IT strategy and resources with critical business objectives.
 
“Joseph brings a wealth of leadership, global business perspective and previous IT operations experience to this significant position in our company,” says Jacunski. “He also has a demonstrated track record of delivering innovative business solutions that produce accelerated and breakthrough results. We look forward to his leadership and expertise as we welcome him to Glatfelter’s Senior Executive Team.”
 
Zakutney brings years of progressive IT leadership and deep expertise in leveraging enterprise applications and infrastructure services to accelerate and deliver business results. He spent 16 years with The Hershey Company where he held a broad spectrum of IT roles including vice president and CIO, and had global responsibility for strategy development and execution, applications, infrastructure and major program upgrades.
 
Earlier leadership assignments in applications, systems and hardware/software engineering roles were with Mentor Graphics, Honeywell/Alliant Techsystems and Raytheon. Most recently, Zakutney served as the founder and principal of JJZ Associates LLC and on SAP’s Independent Executive Advisory Council. Zakutney earned a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Pittsburgh, School of Engineering. In addition, he completed an Advanced Management program through The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.