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10 Target IT leaders
These ten current and former Target IT leaders include a former chief information officer, along with vice presidents, senior directors and directors who have run infrastructure, cloud and compute platforms and technology operations. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations at Target.
Professionals to explore
01—10Annette Schultz
LinkedInExperience: Director of Tech Services, Technology Operations Center · Target
Director of Tech Services, Technology Operations Center at Target since October 2024, a current role the profile lists at the Director level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Sr. Manager, Technology Operations Center (2019–2024), Senior Engineering Manager (2016–2019) and IT Manager (2015–2016) at Target. The profile points to Technology Operations Center, Reliability Response work.
Brett Craig
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer · Target
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Target (May 2022 to January 2025). The profile describes guiding the exploration and development of technology solutions that power the business, with responsibility for Target’s technology roadmap. Other Target roles shown include Senior Vice President, Digital (2021–2022), Senior Vice President, Merchandising (2018–2021) and Senior Vice President, Technology (2017–2018).
Cassandra Larson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Cloud & Compute · Target
Former Senior Director - Cloud & Compute at Target (September 2017 to January 2020) and former Senior Director - Store Infrastructure Reliability there (2020–2022). Senior Director - Product, Analytics & CAD Engineering at Target since July 2022. Other Target roles shown are Director - Cloud & Compute (2015–2017) and Senior Group Manager - Server and Storage Technologies (2014–2015).
Connie Yu
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Tech, Cloud Integration Platform - Cloud & Compute · Target
Sr. Director Tech, Cloud Integration Platform - Cloud & Compute at Target since October 2023, a current role. The profile describes managed platform services that standardize best practices and optimize communication between Target applications. Former Director Tech, Messaging and Data Movement Platform (2021–2023) and Director of Technology, Edge Compute & Compute Services (2019–2021) at Target.
Greg Stark
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Infrastructure · Target
Senior Director - Infrastructure at Target since February 2020, a current role, and former Director - Infrastructure Compute Services there (2015–2020). Other Target roles shown include Group Manager - Security Engineering (2011–2013). The profile describes over 20 years of IT experience with an emphasis on IT leadership and strategy across Infrastructure and Security practices.
James Christopherson
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Infrastructure · Target
Former Sr. Director, Infrastructure at Target (February 2021 to February 2023) and Sr. Director, Network Engineering there since February 2023. Former Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture at Target (2018–2021). The profile describes twenty years leading digital, architecture, infrastructure, and network engineering at Fortune 50 scale, and a 2025 expansion to lead all of Network Engineering.
Keri Stelle
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director IT - Digital and Marketing · Target
Former Sr. Director IT - Digital and Marketing at Target (March 2018 to February 2022) and former Sr. IT Director - Financial and Indirect Sourcing Solutions there (2015–2018). VP Target Technology at Target since July 2024, following SVP Product Engineering at Shipt (2022–2024). The profile describes enterprise technology and product leadership in retail platforms and AI-enabled modernization.
Mike Calvo
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Infrastructure · Target
Vice President of Infrastructure at Target since August 2023 and SVP Tech Enablement there since August 2024, both current. The profile says the SVP role leads architecture, data platforms, ML Ops, core commerce platforms and GenAI activation. Former Chief Technology Officer at Shipt (2019–2023), and former Senior Director Technology (2018–2019) and Director Of Technology (2016–2018) at Target.
Mohanram Baskaran
LinkedInExperience: Director of Technology - Cloud Compute Platform & Enterprise Integration Platform · Target
Director of Technology - Cloud Compute Platform & Enterprise Integration Platform at Target since January 2024, a current role. The profile says the role leads enterprise cloud and compute infrastructure at Target India, along with the enterprise integration portfolio carrying file and EDI traffic between Target and its vendor ecosystem. Former Director Engineering - Owned Brands (Merchandising) at Target (2022–2024).
Vikas Choudhry
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering · Target
Former Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering at Target (October 2024 to October 2025) and VP of Engineering, Digital there since October 2025. The profile lists both roles at the President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. Other roles shown are Senior Director of Engineering at Target (2023–2024 and 2020–2022) and VP of Engineering at BlockFi (2022–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: the CIO and vice president roles suit questions about enterprise strategy and organization design, while infrastructure, cloud and operations directors suit questions about running platforms day to day. Check whether the relevant Target role is current or past, and how long ago it ended, before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you divide ownership between infrastructure, cloud platform and application teams in a large retail technology organization?
- 02What does it take to keep store, distribution and digital systems reliable at national scale?
- 03How should a retail IT leader decide which platforms to build in house and which to buy?
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