Mark Booth started his new job as CIO of Perdue Farms, the $7 billion producer of chicken and turkey, on January 19, 2020. He and his wife had sold their house in Chicago, just before Illinois went into shutdown because of COVID-19, and were able to complete the relocation to Salisbury, Md., by the skin of their teeth. “We closed on our new house in the parking lot of a title company here in Salisbury,” says Booth, “And we moved in our furniture just before the country began to lock down.”
Having managed, barely, to get his personal life in order, Booth was able to focus on his new job, helping to lead Perdue through the pandemic. As soon as the virus hit the state of Washington, six weeks after Booth started the job, Perdue saw an impact on its business. “We serve hotels and restaurants, so as soon as those channels shut down, we began to feel it,” says Booth.
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