Entrepreneur, former FedEx CIO found dead

Dennis Jones, a Memphian who founded Collierville-based Securas Consulting Group LLC in the IT field, and a former EVP-CIO at FedEx, where he worked 25 years, was found dead, the CA reports. Among other roles, he was co-chairman of Commerce One; and, once led SiValley investment company Accel-KKR, as CEO. Securas had a RIF, a year ago, according to MBJ. Upon leaving Fedex, Jones cut an interesting deal. In the wake of the Dot-com bust, Jones offered his views of where e-biz was headed. Jones served a term as president of the Global Trading Web Association, an e-commerce group.