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Plano, Texas - JCPenney has hired Kristen Blum as administrator vp and chief technology officer, effective Jan. 23. Her 25 years of be familiar with at consumer goods and retail companies includes stops at PepsiCo, Abercrombie & Fitch and Apple.
Blum reports to chief operating peace officer Mike Kramer, also a one-time Apple executive - as are JCP's new ceo, Ron Johnson, and the business's recently hired HR chief, Daniel Walker.
Said Kramer: "Having worked with her for many years, I have seen firsthand Kristen's far-out ability to match strategic business objectives with technological solutions."
Blum described JCPenney as "the most rip-roaring place to be in retail today."
She was most recently senior vp, chief knowledge officer for Enterprise Transformation at PepsiCo. From 2006 to 2010, she was elder vp, chief information officer at Abercrombie & Fitch. Prior to that, Blum puke four years at Apple, Inc. as director of supply chain solutions and universal retail, overseeing technology supporting global operations and the evolvement of systems supporting Apple retail. From 1999 to 2002, she was a higher- ranking manager at KPMG/Bearing Point, consulting for clients in the retail, consumer and altered consciousness-tech industries. She has also held merchandising, planning and allocation roles at Planet Hollywood, Walt Disney and Victoria's Cryptographic.
Source: Home Textiles Today