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Seattle, WA-based Starbucks has Promoted Curt Garner as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Starbucks Corporation operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; China/Asia Pacific; and Channel Development. The company`s stores offer coffee and tea beverages, packaged roasted whole bean and ground coffees, single serve products, and juices and bottled water. Its stores also provide fresh food offerings; ready-to-drink beverages; and various food products, such as pastries, and breakfast sandwiches and lunch items, as well as beverage-making equipment and accessories. In addition, it licenses the rights to produce and distribute Starbucks branded products to The North American Coffee Partnership with the Pepsi-Cola Company, as well as licenses its trademarks through licensed stores, and grocery and national foodservice accounts. The company offers its products under the Starbucks, Teavana, Tazo, Seattle`s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange, Ethos, Starbucks VIA, Frappuccino, Starbucks Doubleshot, Starbucks Refreshers, and Starbucks Discoveries Iced Café Favorites brand names. As of October 30, 2014, it operated 21,366 stores in 65 countries. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
About the Person
As chief information officer, Curt Garner oversees Starbucks global technology and engineering services for all Starbucks businesses and operating organizations. These services include: retail technology, business intelligence, software engineering, technology services, information security, finance systems, global infrastructure, as well as infrastructure systems across all Starbucks channels and geographies. In this role, Curt reports to Starbucks chief operating officer Troy Alstead and serves as a member of Starbucks senior leadership team. A 16-year partner, Curt has served in a number of roles, most recently as senior vice president of Business Technology, supporting retail technology as well as international technology, giving him a strong global understanding of the business. Curt joined Starbucks in January of 1998, as director of International IT. As one of the original members of the international leadership team, Curt was accountable for developing the strategies and technology platforms that supported Starbucks early entry into global markets. Subsequently, as vice president of International Systems and Technology, he held various technology leadership roles supporting the globalization and expansion of the company’s key technology platforms. Garner moved from the international team into the role of vice president, Global Retail Technology in January of 2008, and was responsible for leading the development of the new Point of Sale, Labor, and Loyalty solutions for the company.
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