Naveen Krishna To Join Macy’s, Inc. As Chief Technology Officer
June 13 2018 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced that Naveen Krishna will
be appointed chief technology officer, effective June 16, 2018.
Krishna will be responsible for driving the technology strategy
and direction for Macy’s, Inc., including all store, e-commerce and
internal-facing technologies. He will oversee the teams that build
the end-to-end e-commerce experience, enterprise-shared services,
infrastructure, field services and functional IT support. Krishna
will report to Hal Lawton, president of Macy’s, and will be based
in John’s Creek, GA, one of the Macy’s Technology hubs. He will
also spend time at Macy’s Technology offices in San Francisco, CA,
and Lorain, OH.
“I’m thrilled to have Naveen Krishna join the Macy’s team as we
enhance our focus on technology,” said Lawton. “We are investing in
technology to improve digital and mobile experiences, site
stability, store technology and fulfillment and logistics
improvements. Naveen’s track record in omni-channel retail makes
him the perfect fit to lead the Macy’s Technology organization at
this critical time.”
Krishna joins Macy’s, Inc. with more than 20 years of technology
experience, primarily in the omni-channel retail and consumer
products industries. Most recently, he was vice president of
technology for The Home Depot, where he had responsibility for all
digital platforms, user experience design, marketing technologies
and customer care.
About Naveen Krishna
Naveen Krishna joins Macy’s, Inc. with more than 20 years of
experience leading technology organizations in the retail and
consumer products industries. In his most recent role as vice
president of technology for The Home Depot, he was responsible for
leading The Home Depot’s digital and omni-channel platforms growth
and delivering omni-channel capabilities, customer care and
marketing platforms, and establishing Enterprise User Experience
discipline. Prior to joining The Home Depot in 2010 as senior
director of information technology, Krishna was a director at
Target with overall accountability for Target.com technology and
operations. He also spent 13 years in leadership roles with FedEx
Kinko’s and Deloitte Consulting. Naveen holds a M.Sc. in Management
from the Georgia Institute of Technology; M.Sc. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Missouri; and a B.Sc. in
Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University in India.
About Macy’s, Inc.
Macy’s, Inc. is one of the nation’s premier retailers. With
fiscal 2017 sales of $24.837 billion and approximately 130,000
employees, the company operates approximately 690 department stores
under the nameplates Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, and more than 160
specialty stores that include Bloomingdale’s The Outlet,
Bluemercury, Macy’s Backstage and STORY. Macy’s, Inc. operates
stores in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto
Rico, as well as macys.com, bloomingdales.com and bluemercury.com.
Bloomingdale’s stores in Dubai and Kuwait are operated by Al Tayer
Group LLC under license agreements. Macy’s, Inc. has corporate
offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York, New York.
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