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10 Walmart engineering leaders
These ten current and former Walmart engineering and technology leaders include the CTOs of Walmart U.S., Walmart Mexico and Walmart Centroamérica, former CTOs at Walmart and Sam's Club, and vice presidents who have run cloud, data and engineering teams. Readers can learn how Walmart structures technology leadership across its businesses and builds shared platforms.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anil Madan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Cloud & AI Platforms · Walmart Global Tech
Former Senior Vice President - Cloud & AI Platforms at Walmart Global Tech (2024–2026) and Senior Vice President - Retail Services there since 2026; he was Corporate Vice President Data Platforms (2020–2024). His profile summary describes leading one of the largest hybrid multi-cloud platforms, with a team responsible for deploying mission-critical cloud and data capabilities across Walmart.
Balu Chaturvedula
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Of Engineering · Walmart Global Tech India
Vice President Of Engineering at Walmart Global Tech India since 2018 and SVP - Country Head, Walmart Global Tech India since 2023; his profile says he leads Walmart Global Tech's vision in India and oversees development and deployment of scalable capabilities and systems. He was Senior Director of Engineering there (2015–2018) and Senior Director Of Engineering at Yahoo (2014–2015).
Chip Hernandez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President · Walmart
Former Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Walmart (2009–2014), a C-level Engineering and Technical role. His profile also lists Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director at Countrywide Financial Corporation (2005–2008), Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Union Bank (2003–2005) and Senior Vice President, Application Development Group Executive at KeyBank (1996–2003).
Ganesh Balakrishnan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Of Engineering · Walmart Global Tech
Vice President Of Engineering at Walmart Global Tech since 2022, a role the profile places in Redmond, Washington. His profile also lists General Manager (2017–2022), Partner GPM Azure Capacity Engineering and Management (2015–2017) and Principal Engineering Manager (2013–2015) at Microsoft.
Hari Vasudev
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart U.S. · Walmart
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart U.S. at Walmart since 2024; his profile says he leads development and deployment of tech platforms, features and capabilities for the Walmart U.S. business. He was Executive Vice President - Global Tech Platforms at Walmart Global Tech (2023–2024) and Senior Vice President - Country Head, Walmart Global Tech India & Retail Tech Platforms (2017–2023).
Mai Le
LinkedInExperience: SVP Walmart International Tech · Walmart
SVP Walmart International Tech at Walmart since 2025, a senior Engineering and Technical role; the profile also lists Director, Engineering at Walmart (2009–2011). Other roles listed include CTO, VP of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at Amazon (2023–2025), Vice President Last Mile at Amazon (2021–2023) and Head of Engineering at Nextdoor (2020–2021).
Mangalakumar Vanmanthai
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Vice President, Data Engineering · Walmart Global Tech
Corporate Vice President, Data Engineering at Walmart Global Tech since 2021, an Engineering and Technical role at vice president level. Other Walmart Global Tech roles listed are Vice President, Data Engineering and Operations (2020–2021) and Sr. Director Engineering Global Data & Analytics (2018–2020); he was Manager III AMP Digital Supply Chain Engineering Applications at Apple (2016–2018).
Ravi Byakod
LinkedInExperience: CTO, Walmart Mexico & VP of Engineering, Walmart International · Walmart de México y Centroamérica, Walmart International
CTO, Walmart Mexico & VP of Engineering, Walmart International since 2023, with related rows for CTO, Walmart Mexico (Market Transformation) since 2025 and VP of Engineering, International Technology (Global Scale) at Walmart Global Tech since 2023. His profile describes driving global engineering strategy for Walmart International across 18 countries; he was VP of Engineering, Marketplaces at Shopify (2022–2023).
Ricardo Calvo
LinkedInExperience: Group Director - Chief Technology Officer · Walmart Centroamérica
Group Director - Chief Technology Officer at Walmart Centroamérica since 2026, where his profile says he is responsible for defining end-to-end technology strategy and execution across Walmart Central America; he was Senior Director - Chief Technology Officer there (2024–2026). His profile also lists Senior IT Director - Supply Chain Source to Pay at Intel (2022–2024).
Sanjay Radhakrishnan
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CTO, Sam's Club · Walmart Global Tech
Former SVP & CTO, Sam's Club at Walmart Global Tech (2024–2026) and SVP & Tech Operating Partner, Walmart International there since 2026, a role his profile says drives technology strategy and execution for omni-channel retail across 10 countries. His other listed roles include SVP, Global Technology (2023–2024) and Vice President, Technology (2018–2024) at Walmart.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: business-unit CTOs suit questions about technology strategy for a market or format, while cloud, data and engineering vice presidents suit questions about building and running shared platforms. Check whether the Walmart role is current or past before asking about recent practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a large retailer split technology ownership between business-unit CTOs and a central tech organization?
- 02What does it take to run a hybrid multi-cloud and data platform for thousands of stores and online channels?
- 03How do you build engineering teams in global tech centers that serve many countries?
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