Kari Escobedo , SVP , IT Kari Escobedo is a business executive with 20 + years of leadership experience serving global F500 companies in technology , healthcare , telecoms , and retail . She is a change leader specializing in company technology transformations , including digital experience , product dev , and M & A . Kari joined Bartell Drugs in mid-2018 to help positively impact the company thru technology . Prior to Bartell Drugs , Kari joined Kaiser Permanente 2015 leading the Ent & Digital Services areas that include UX / CX , Digital & Mobile for KPWA . Formerly VP , Ent Sys Dev for T-Mobile , Kari led the technology team responsible for the development and delivery of solutions for the Customer Retail & Enterprise Systems that supported the T-Mobile business transformation . Before joining T-Mobile , Kari was the Director of Information Management and CISO for Starbucks as well as teams that supported ERP , Employee Portal systems . Before Starbucks , Kari held leadership positions at Microsoft , running it ’ s Enterprise Systems teams .
workers on lunch breaks . “ The makeup of the product selection is focused on what customers need versus only what we want to sell them ,” she says . “ It differentiates us from some of our big box competitors .”
Bartell ’ s also adapts its instore experience so all feel welcome . “ There was a conscious decision made to have shorter fixtures in all stores . With a lower profile , our stores feel
“ I got very good at finding my way , and finding things about myself that integrate well into new situations ”
— Kari Escobedo , IT , Bartell Drugs
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Kari Escobedo , SVP , IT Kari Escobedo is a business executive with 20 + years of leadership experience serving global F500 companies in technology , healthcare , telecoms , and retail . She is a change leader specializing in company technology transformations , including digital experience , product dev , and M & A . Kari joined Bartell Drugs in mid-2018 to help positively impact the company thru technology . Prior to Bartell Drugs , Kari joined Kaiser Permanente 2015 leading the Ent & Digital Services areas that include UX / CX , Digital & Mobile for KPWA . Formerly VP , Ent Sys Dev for T-Mobile , Kari led the technology team responsible for the development and delivery of solutions for the Customer Retail & Enterprise Systems that supported the T-Mobile business transformation . Before joining T-Mobile , Kari was the Director of Information Management and CISO for Starbucks as well as teams that supported ERP , Employee Portal systems . Before Starbucks , Kari held leadership positions at Microsoft , running it ’ s Enterprise Systems teams .
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