Lutheran Social Services
names Chief Information Officer
Feb. 11, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas - Dirk Uys, who joined Lutheran Social Services in July 2007 as vice president of technology, has been promoted to chief information officer. He joins the senior leadership team which oversees operations for the multi-faceted social service agency, which has an annual operating budget of $74 million.

Uys, who brings more than 18 years experience in the technology field, is responsible for aligning IT strategy with the overall goals and strategies of LSS. The IT department services the technology needs for all of LSS, which has offices in 33 communities in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

"The IT department is an important part of LSS, and Dirk has been instrumental in moving the agency forward in implementing and enhancing our information resources and infrastructure so that we are all more effective in providing services to stakeholders," Chief Financial Officer Ron Ratliff said.

Previously Uys worked at Freescale Semiconductors Inc., where he managed database and IT infrastructure for the organization. Among his many duties, Uys headed Freescale's hardware review board in providing enterprise wide change management for strategy, research, infrastructure, technologies and standards.

Mr. Uys studied his B.Sc. computer science degree at the University of Potchefstroom in South Africa. He is currently working towards his MBA in business management through the University of Phoenix.

LSS is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS affiliated ministries serve more than 35,000 people in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include children's residential treatment centers, therapeutic foster care, adoption, disaster response, emergency assistance, senior health care, retirement communities and adult day care.

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