INDIANAPOLIS – Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. has promoted Dean Ranalli to executive director and chief information officer (CIO).
 
Ranalli joined Allison Transmission in May 2011 as director of global IT infrastructure and operations. He has served as acting CIO since July 2012.
 
"Over the past year, Dean has led our information technology organization in completing a number of significant projects – including critical infrastructure and application implementations," said Lawrence Dewey, chairman and CEO of Allison Transmission. "I’m pleased to have Dean as a member of my leadership team."
 
Prior to joining Allison, Ranalli was a global services manager with Alcatel-Lucent in Pittsburgh, where he was responsible for IT operations for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s voice, data and wireless networks. Ranalli also previously worked for Advanticom in Pittsburgh, where he held positions of increasing responsibility including project manager, operations manager and director of professional services. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.