Target CIO Mike McNamara's Priorities: Digital And Supply Chain Innovation

When Mike McNamara first learned of the chief information officer opening at $72 billion, Minneapolis-based Target, he was not entirely sure where Minneapolis was.  He had built a strong reputation as CIO of Tesco in the UK, a firm that had long been thought of as among the more progressive users of technology in the bricks-and-mortar retail space. He had spent considerable time working in Europe and in Asia, but relatively little in the United States.