Koke Veljasevic

Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Citation Corp.

 

Mr. Veljasevic is Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Citation Corp. Citation is a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of high-quality cast, machined and assembled chassis and powertrain components for the automotive, heavy truck and industrial markets. Citation has 11 manufacturing facilities in six states with 2700 employees.

Mr. Veljasevic has served in his current role since 2004, prior to that he was Director of IT for Citation. His responsibilities include all information technology infrastructure and systems, data center operations, IT capital planning, information security, HA systems preparedness, applications development and telecommunications. Along with providing strategic information technology support to Citation’s management team to enable informed business decisions and ensure the company achieves its operations targets.

As CIO and Director of IT he has managed complex and large scale projects. These include HA systems for ERP/Intranet/Internet Email. Implementation of Lean IT, Internal Sales Analysis Database Application and implementing mission critical enterprise applications. He has provided IT with forward thinking and progressive leadership that has Citation ready to face the challenges and opportunities of today and the future.

Mr. Veljasevic has more than 14 years experience in the foundry industry. He studied international relations at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.