Home Depot cio to leave at year's end

ATLANTA Bob DeRodes, evp and cio for Home Depot, has decided to leave the company at the end of the year. The company said it has begun an immediate search for his replacement.

"Bob has led a significant IT transformation at The Home Depot, and we thank him for his contributions to our Ccmpany. We are pleased he will remain with us through the transition to ensure that our business technology transformation initiatives continue to run smoothly," said Frank Blake, The Home Depot's chairman and ceo.

DeRodes joined Home Depot in February 2002 to help develop and build the company's current IT infrastructure, which has enabled the introduction of numerous initiatives including self-checkout, continual point of sale upgrades and BEAR, the company's back-end automated receiving system.