Management Controls, Inc. (MCi) has been named a 2026 CIO 100 Award Winner by Foundry's CIO. The award recognises the company's AI-powered Vendor Onboarding Agent, which reduced onboarding time from four hours to 15 minutes. The CIO 100 Awards have recognised innovative organisations demonstrating strategic and operational excellence in IT for over 40 years. MCi's solution addresses a major bottleneck in contractor management, enabling faster scaling and improved customer adoption. Management Controls transforms contractor labour, equipment and material spend management for industrial companies. The company supports over 400 sites globally and processes over $60 billion in contractor spend annually, helping organisations reduce contractor spend leakage by 8-15% and eliminate overbilling risk.

Management Controls appoints senior leaders to drive Australian expansion. Management Controls, Inc. (MCi), a global leader in contractor spend optimisation, has announced two key senior leadership appointments in Australia to accelerate its strategic expansion throughout the country and the broader Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Left to right: Erin McCarthy, Kelly McLennan, and Brooke Hedger. Kelly McLennan joins MCi as Senior Director of Strategy & Growth, where she will lead the company's Australian growth strategy. She will focus on building strategic partnerships, setting investment priorities, and expanding MCi's market-leading contractor spend optimisation capabilities across the region. Brooke Hedger joins MCi as Senior Director of Client Growth, where she will oversee client operations and support the scaling of MCi's Australian workforce. Brooke draws on her expertise in human capital and operations from her previous role as Director at Deloitte, playing a central role in delivering high-impact client outcomes during MCi's next growth phase. These appointments bolster the regional leadership team under Erin McCarthy, Chief Revenue Officer, who is spearheading MCi's APAC expansion efforts. The strengthened leadership aligns with MCi's commitment to partnering with owner-operators and EPCs to transform how contractor spend is managed across maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds, and capital projects. "With Erin's recent appointment to lead APAC, we are doubling down on successes in Metals, Mining, and Oil and Gas in the region," said Ken Naughton, President of MCi. "Kelly and Brooke significantly strengthen our leadership capability in Australia and position us to work in deep, strategic partnership with clients focused on optimising and transforming their contractor spend." MCi is a global technology company specialising in contractor spend optimisation, supporting owner-operators and EPCs across maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds, and capital projects. MCi operates globally across APAC, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Media Contact Tyler Mautner Director, Marketing [email protected] Management Controls, Inc. * Images - Headshots-18.jpg Left to right: Erin McCarthy, Kelly McLennan, and Brooke Hedger. Download - MCi_Logo.jpg Download