Cardinal CIO steps down; successor named - Business First of Columbus:

Cardinal CIO steps down; successor named - Business First of Columbus:

Cardinal Health Inc. is bringing on the former chief information officer at Motorola Inc. next month as its technology chief leaves the Dublin company.

The health-care products provider said Friday that CIO Jody Davids is leaving Cardinal to “pursue personal interests.” Replacing Davids on Aug. 3 will be Patricia Morrison, who left Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola (NYSE:MOT) last year after three years in the job.

Morrison’s experience includes a stint as CIO for Office Depot Inc. (NYSE:ODP) and top-level technology jobs at General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE), PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP), Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG) and Quaker Oats Co. She has bachelor’s degrees in mathematics, statistics and secondary education from Miami University of Ohio.

George Barrett, a Cardinal executive who will become CEO when the company completes the spinoff of its CareFusion Corp. division Aug. 31, said in a release that Morrison’s “significant experience with systems in large, complex organizations positions her perfectly to execute the long-term IT strategy Jody and her team have developed in support of our company.”

Morrison will report to Barrett, the company said.

Cardinal (NYSE:CAH), Ohio’s largest publicly held corporation, earned $1.3 billion on $91.1 billion in revenue for the year ended June 30, 2008.