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Eye care specialist Bausch & Lomb has named Alan Farnsworth as its new chief information officer, but in an unusual step has tied the CIO role to customer relations.

Farnsworth takes over the CIO role from Evon Jones, who left the company last month to assume the CIO post at Liz Claiborne.

Farnsworth is a veteran of Rochester, N.Y.-based Bausch & Lomb, having joined the company in 1988 as the vice president of international business development. Since 2001, he has been president of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

In a statement, chief executive Gerald Ostrov says the newly created position of vice president customer service and information technology and CIO, means Farnsworth will be able to focus on how new technologies might benefit customers. "As we develop the company for sustained growth, harnessing and sharing knowledge for the benefit of our customers and teams is crucial," Ostrov said.

Farnsworth does not come naturally into the CIO role. His career has largely been focused on business development and he has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester.

First Horizon Names Technology Team

First Horizon National Corp. has named a new technology leadership team.

Bruce Livesay, who most recently was the senior vice president of application delivery at Regions Bank in Birmingham, Ala., joins First Horizon as CIO. He replaces retiring CIO Patrick Ruckh. Livesay will be supported in that role by Auzzie Kennedy Brown and Randall Carrier, who were named deputy CIOs.

First Horizon' principle subsidiary is First Tennessee Bank. The Memphis, Tenn.-based bank holding company employs about 9,000.

Triad Guaranty Creates CIO Position

Triad Guaranty, a nationwide mortgage insurer based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has named George Jackson to the newly created position of chief information officer. Jackson will also serve on the company's executive committee.

Prior to the promotion Jackson served as vice president of information services at Triad.

In announcing the move, Triad chief executive William Ratliff says the company is in the midst of transitioning from being a mortgage insurance underwriter to becoming a loss mitigation partner to lenders and government-sponsored enterprises, and will increasingly rely on technology as it makes that transition.

Scott McCurdy Named Pinnacle CIO

Pinnacle, a Dallas-based real estate management firm, has hired Scott McCurdy as its new vice president of information technology. McCurdy joins the firm from Inland American Communities Group, where he served in a similar role.

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