McKesson Corporation has hired Nancy Flores as executive vice president, chief information officer and chief technology officer, succeeding Kathy McElligott, who is retiring.

The appointment is effective Jan. 13, 2020.

Flores currently serves as CIO for Johnson Controls, where she is responsible for Global Business Services, which includes back office shared services, information technology, cybersecurity and analytics.

As McKesson’s CIO, Flores will be responsible for the enterprise business technology strategy, technology governance across the corporation, IT security and risk management, infrastructure operations and service delivery to all McKesson businesses. As CTO, she will guide the overall technology direction for the company’s healthcare technology products and provide support and guidance for application development processes companywide.

Before Johnson Controls, Flores served as vice president of Business and Technology Services for Abbott Laboratories, where she had a 22-year tenure.

Flores earned bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and computer information systems from Regis University in Denver. She earned her master’s in Mathematics at the Colorado School of Mines.