McKesson Corporation today announced that Kathy McElligott has been appointed to executive vice president and chief information and chief technology officer effective July 20. McElligott comes to McKesson from Emerson where she served as CIO since 2010 and managed Emerson's information technology strategy and information security for the company's global operations, including hardware, software, and services, as well as its telecommunications and data center infrastructure. As McKesson's CIO, McElligott is 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.