Currently Chief Technology Officer at DuPont, Mr. Puckett is responsible for evaluating and introducing new and emerging technologies and providing global guidance on standards, strategy, design, and implementation of technology initiatives. He has been recognized and credited for pioneering open systems and named one of the "Premier 100 IT Leaders" by Computerworld. Network World identified him as one of the top visionaries in "information technology for enterprise networking". John serves on a wide variety of boards in the public and private sector.