Atlanta — The Home Depot®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, has named Matt Carey to the newly formed role of executive vice president (EVP) of customer experience. Additionally, Fahim Siddiqui has been named executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of The Home Depot.
Matt Carey
“In his 14 years with The Home Depot, Matt has spearheaded an enormous technology transformation across our stores, supply chain, merchandising and digital presence,” says Ted Decker, CEO and president of The Home Depot. “Now more than ever, our customers expect to shop with us how, when and where they want — and there’s little tolerance for friction in the shopping experience. Matt has a proven track record driving customer-first technology innovation, and I look forward to his leadership as we continue to make shopping at Home Depot a truly interconnected, easy experience for our customers.”
Before joining The Home Depot, Carey served as senior vice president (SVP) and chief technology officer (CTO) at eBay. Prior to joining eBay in 2006, he spent more than 20 years with Walmart, where he was SVP and CTO.
Fahim Siddiqui
As CIO, Siddiqui will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s technology strategy, infrastructure and software development for The Home Depot’s 2,317 retail stores, supply chain facilities, store support centers and online systems.
Siddiqui joined The Home Depot in 2018 as senior vice president of information technology. He led the buildout of several transformational capabilities, including a central platform of common services to deliver agility, consistency and efficiency across the customer experience. Prior to The Home Depot, he spent more than three decades leading software development in the retail, energy and telecom sectors, including Staples, MCI, Time Warner Telecom and Sprint.
“Fahim is a tremendous leader and a brilliant technologist who understands the power of technology to unlock a better experience for our customers and associates, and I look forward to working with him in this next phase of growth for The Home Depot,” says Decker.
The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of fiscal year 2021, the company operated a total of 2,317 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico.
SOURCE: The Home Depot