Barnes & Noble Appoints Carlo Pochintesta as Chief Information Officer
March 11 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s
largest retail bookseller, today announced the appointment of Carlo
Pochintesta as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Pochintesta joins the
Company today from Rag & Bone Holdings, LLC, where he also
served as Chief Information Officer. He will report to Allen
Lindstrom, Barnes & Noble’s Chief Financial Officer.
“We are so pleased to welcome Carlo to Barnes & Noble, who
brings with him decades of leadership in information technology at
some of the country’s most respected retailers,” said CFO Allen
Lindstrom. “His long and successful track record of innovation in
information technology in the retail industry, particularly in the
areas of merchandising and supply chain, make him a great fit for
our Company.”
Mr. Pochintesta brings more than 25 years in managing IT for
multi-billion-dollar businesses across the retail industry,
including Rag & Bone, Steve Madden, Ltd., Gucci America, Inc.,
and Ann Taylor. As CIO of Rag & Bone, Mr. Pochintesta led all
aspects of the Company’s technology enterprise, including IT
strategy, budget planning, capital investments, and performance
measurement. At Barnes & Noble, he will be responsible for
information technology, telecommunication networks and computer
systems, as well as evaluating the Company’s overall technology
resources and strategies.
Mr. Pochintesta holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
from Pace University in Pleasantville, NY. He starts his new
position effective today, March 11.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest
retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media
and educational products. The Company operates 627 Barnes &
Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier
e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business
offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an
expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content
through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5
million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals
and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide
array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available
for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.
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Mary Ellen KeatingSenior Vice PresidentCorporate
CommunicationsBarnes & Noble, Inc.(212)
633-3323mkeating@bn.com
Alex OrtolaniDirectorCorporate CommunicationsBarnes & Noble,
Inc.(212) 633-3379aortolani@bn.com
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