What Happened?

About the Company

Toys“R”Us, Inc. is relentlessly striving to be the best toy and baby products retail company in the world. It has solidified its position by offering a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands. Today, merchandise is sold in 856 Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam, and in more than 755 international stores. With its strong portfolio of e-commerce sites including Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com, it provides shoppers with a broad online selection of distinctive toy and baby products. Headquartered in Wayne, NJ, Toys“R”Us, Inc. employs approximately 70,000 associates annually worldwide.

About the Person

Rooney is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Toys “R” Us, the troubled toy retailer based in Wayne, New Jersey, that continues to suffer due to both online and mass merchant (Walmart) competition. Rooney is a Toys "R" Us lifer; he joined the company in 1984, a year after graduating from college, and subsequently held various technical positions before rising to Vice President of Systems Development in 1997. He first snagged the CIO job in 2006 and has since played key roles in the company's corporate procurement, guest services and e-commerce, the latter one of the few bright spots on the Toys "R" Us financial dossier.