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10 Target engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held engineering leadership roles at Target, from director of engineering up to vice president of engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders at Target build and run their teams.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ankita Mazumdar
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Theft, Fraud and Abuse · Target
Director of Engineering - Theft, Fraud and Abuse at Target since May 2024; the profile says Ankita Mazumdar leads Target's omnichannel fraud and threat detection platform across digital and in-store systems and designed and scaled its distributed detection architecture and custom rules engine. Former Senior Engineering Manager - Threat Detection Analytics and Engineering at Target (2022–2024).
Ed Collins
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Target
Director Of Engineering at Target since February 2020; the profile says Ed Collins leads a company-wide network transformation, piloting a shift from vendor proprietary solutions to white box hardware. Ed Collins was also Lead Technical Architect at Target in 2015 and Senior Engineering Manager at Target from 2019 to 2020.
Karl Jacobsen
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering Mobile Checkout & Fulfillment · Target
Director of Engineering Mobile Checkout & Fulfillment at Target since July 2024, a director-level role according to the profile. Karl Jacobsen was also Senior Engineering Manager Mobile Point of Sale (2022–2024) and Senior Engineering Manager Inventory Allocation & Replenishment (2019–2022) at Target, and Lead Engineer at Target (2018–2019).
Katharine Nelson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Engineering & Asset Management · Target
Senior Director, Engineering & Asset Management at Target since February 2025, and former Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Engineering & Automation Solutions at Target (2022–2025). The profile says Katharine Nelson leads large-scale initiatives to improve reliability, scalability and financial performance across distribution networks, integrating automation, analytics and AI. Also Director, Global Supply Chain Automation Systems Engineering at Target (2016–2022).
Lucas Struck
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Wholesale · Target
Director of Engineering - Wholesale at Target since July 2025, and Director Of Engineering - Prepaid Products and Gift Cards at Target from 2021 to 2025. Lucas Struck was also Principal Engineer, TTS Properties, and Indirect Procurement and Indirect Logistics at Target (2017–2021) and Lead Engineer - Enterprise Content, Collaboration and Records Management at Target (2016–2017).
Nathan Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - AI Builder Enablement · Target
Director of Engineering - AI Builder Enablement at Target since June 2026, and former Director of Engineering - Digital Experimentation Platform (2025–2026) and Director Of Engineering - Search, Item, & Recommendations Experiences (2021–2025) at Target. Nathan Smith was also Senior Engineering Manager - Checkout & Same Day Delivery Experiences at Target (2018–2021).
Nidhi Sen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Technology (Digital Engineering) · Target
Nidhi Sen's profile lists a former role as Senior Director of Technology (Digital Engineering) at Target with dates 2018–2026; in it, the profile says, Nidhi Sen led the engineering teams responsible for top-of-the-funnel experiences across the mobile apps and Target.com, a portfolio that includes search, traffic and SEO and personalized deals. Also Director of Technology (Target Circle Loyalty program) at Target (2021–2022).
Roberto DeVet
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Target
Director Of Engineering at Target since January 2020; according to the profile, Roberto DeVet is responsible for the scalable APIs that manage the data for Target's Guest Profiles. Former Principal Software Engineer at Target (2016–2020).
Scott Adcock
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Target
Director Of Engineering at Target since November 2021, leading multiple product engineering teams that support Assets Protection products in the CyberDefense portfolio, according to the profile. Scott Adcock was also Principal Engineer at Target (2015–2021) and Technical Architecture Consultant Lead Engineer at Target (2009–2015).
Vikas Choudhry
LinkedInExperience: VP of Engineering, Digital · Target
VP of Engineering, Digital at Target since October 2025, a President/Vice President-level role in the engineering department according to the profile. Vikas Choudhry was also Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering at Target (2024–2025), Senior Director of Engineering at Target (2023–2024), VP of Engineering at BlockFi (2022–2023) and Senior Director Of Engineering at Target (2020–2022).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How are Target's engineering teams split between customer-facing product teams and shared platforms?
- 02How does Target decide which systems to build in-house and which to buy from vendors?
- 03What practices help a large retailer's engineering teams ship reliably during peak shopping seasons?
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