Kurt Svendsen was appointed vice president, information services in May 2013. He is responsible for all aspects of the Company’s global information services, including strategy and delivery of enterprise applications, business intelligence, communications and computing infrastructure, and information security to meet company goals. 

Svendsen served in multiple information technology roles at Andersen Consulting and Medtronic before joining The Toro Company in 1999, and held various information services management positions, including director, systems development, and senior director, enterprise applications. Starting in 2007, he spent six years in business roles as a director in Toro’s strategy and business development group, and then managing director of investor relations, corporate communications and community relations efforts, before returning to lead the information services organization.

Svendsen holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as an MBA from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management.