ATLANTA, April 19,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot®, the
world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced that
Matt Carey has been named executive
vice president (EVP) of customer experience, effective immediately.
In this newly formed role, Carey will be responsible for leading
the vision, design, and development of new and innovative solutions
that drive a seamless experience for the millions of customers who
turn to Home Depot for their home improvement projects – in stores,
online, or on their mobile devices.
"In his 14 years with The Home Depot, Matt has spearheaded an
enormous technology transformation across our stores, supply chain,
merchandising and digital presence," said Ted Decker, CEO and president of The Home Depot.
"Now more than ever, our customers expect to shop with us how,
when, and where they want – and there's little tolerance for
friction in the shopping experience. Matt has a proven track record
driving customer-first technology innovation, and I look forward to
his leadership as we continue to make shopping at Home Depot a
truly interconnected, easy experience for our customers."
Before joining The Home Depot, Carey served as senior vice
president (SVP) and chief technology officer (CTO) at eBay, where
he was responsible for product development, site operations,
cybersecurity, platform engineering, data warehousing and catalog
operations for eBay Marketplaces. Prior to joining eBay in 2006, he
spent more than 20 years with Walmart, where he was SVP and
CTO.
Fahim Siddiqui has been named EVP
and chief information officer (CIO) of The Home Depot. As CIO,
Siddiqui will be responsible for all aspects of the company's
technology strategy, infrastructure and software development for
The Home Depot's 2,317 retail stores, supply chain facilities,
store support centers and online systems.
Siddiqui joined The Home Depot in 2018 as SVP of information
technology, where he focused on the development of applications and
solutions for online, marketing, merchandising, supply chain, data
and analytics function. He led the buildout of several
transformational capabilities, including a central platform of
common services to deliver agility, consistency and efficiency
across the customer experience. Prior to The Home Depot, he spent
more than three decades leading software development in the retail,
energy and telecom sectors, including Staples, MCI, Time Warner
Telecom and Sprint.
"Fahim is a tremendous leader and a brilliant technologist who
understands the power of technology to unlock a better experience
for our customers and associates, and I look forward to working
with him in this next phase of growth for The Home Depot," Decker
added.
ABOUT THE HOME DEPOT
The Home Depot is the world's
largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of fiscal
year 2021, the company operated a total of 2,317 retail stores in
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces
and Mexico. The company employs approximately 500,000
associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial
average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
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