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New York, NY-based Weight Watchers International has Appointed Dan Crowe as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Weight Watchers International, Inc. is the world's leading provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of Company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds more than 40,000 meetings each week where members receive group support and learn about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification and physical activity. WeightWatchers.com provides innovative, subscription weight management products over the Internet and is the leading Internet-based provider of these products in the world. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a wide range of products, publications and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control.
About the Person
Dan Crowe brings to Weight Watchers more than 25 years of consulting, business and IT experience including broad technology and product management leadership roles. He has a unique combination of entrepreneurial and large company experience that will serve us well as we look to leverage technology to strengthen our consumer offering and increase the effectiveness of our business operations. As CTO, Crowe will be responsible for all technology across the organization, and play a key role on our executive committee contributing to our future strategy. Crowe joins us from IBM Global Business Services where he was Global Relationship Partner responsible for a global team of over 1,000 professionals in the areas of strategy and transformation, customer innovation, and application innovation, including mobile, social, location-based and other digital platforms. Prior to joining IBM, Crowe was Chief Information Officer and Chief Product Officer at AutoTrader.com, helping to build the company from a start-up into a $1 billion digital media leader. He was responsible for all online and mobile consumer experiences, product management and development, customer service platform, business intelligence, corporate systems, as well as R+D and innovation. Prior to AutoTrader.com, Dan held senior partner roles at leading IT consulting firms including Verity Partners, Deloitte Consulting and Accenture. Crowe received his B.A. degree in Economics and his M.B.A. from the University of Georgia.
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