Target CIO talks stores, digital, supply chain and more

Mike McNamara, a former executive at British retailer Tesco PLC, joined Target as CIO last summer, moving from London to Minneapolis.



In a Q&A on Target’s website, McNamara discusses highlights of his first year with the discounter and priorities going forward. He also spoke about Target’s tech hiring boom.



“Since I joined we’ve hired about 700 engineers in the Twin Cities and Bangalore, India,” McNamara said. “And we’ll hire hundreds more and will continue our emphasis on attracting a broad diversity of backgrounds and gender. I’m really proud that about one-third of our engineer hires from college campuses this year have been women, while 25% of our experienced hires have been women.”



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