Levon Hooks, Stride’s Chief Information Officer, is known for scaling, evolving, and modernizing businesses across diverse industries through strategic leadership in technology, analytics, service, and enterprise strategy. As CIO, Mr. Hooks leverages his background as both a technologist and global business strategist to deliver innovative solutions for Stride.
Prior to joining Stride, Mr. Hooks served as CIO at the Krause Group, developing and implementing Information Technology systems and strategic initiatives for the company’s portfolio of 13 organizations in the Retail, Sporting, Hospitality and Entertainment, and Transportation industries. Previously, Mr. Hooks held various roles in digital and business transformation, enterprise data and analytics, eCommerce, and management at companies spanning startups to global Fortune 500 companies such as JLL, JP Morgan, and Allstate.
Mr. Hooks was named CIO of the year by the Technology Association of Iowa (2021) and Technology Leader of the Year by Convenience Store News (2021).