Robert B. Carter is the current Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the FedEx

FedEx

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 Corporation.

Carter was born in Taiwan

Taiwan

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 in 1960 and he grew up in Florida

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. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida

University of Florida

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 in 1981. In addition, he earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of South Florida

University of South Florida

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in 1990.http://news.van.fedex.com/node/704

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has nearly 30 years of systems development and implementation experience. In addition, Carter is a member of the Saks Inc. Board of Directors and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.