Live Event: Leadership Interview Series: Courtney Kissler, CTO & SVP of Technology
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
Join us for this live event as we interview a member of our leadership community, Courtney Kissler, as she shares her career journey, insights, and advice for future leaders.
Join us LIVE Saturday, December 3 from 9:30-10:30am PT on Clubhouse
Courtney Kissler joined Zulily in January 2021 as CTO and SVP of Technology. Previously she was Vice President Global Technology at Nike accountable for building a reusable seamless platform to power Nike Direct to Consumer experiences, core commerce services, user services, consumer data engineering and global retail solutions. She also led the Global Supply Chain, Fulfillment and Logistics teams worldwide and was driving transformation across the supply chain ecosystem. Prior to that, Courtney was the VP of Retail Technology at Starbucks where she led global POS and retail store technology experiences. Courtney spent 14 years at Nordstrom, starting in infrastructure and security, moving into delivery leadership roles with her last role being the Vice President of E-Commerce and Store technologies where she drove a technological transformation essential for outpacing the demands of today’s Omnichannel consumers. In all 3 organizations, Courtney drove transformation in ways of working, moving to more outcome-based delivery of technology using modern practices, including DevOps. Courtney brings diverse technology experience from startups, CyberSafe and WorldStream Communications, to beloved global brands.
Courtney has contributed to industry publications, https://itrevolution.com/free-resources-sign-up/ and https://puppet.com/resources/report/2021-state-of-devops-report. She wrote a foreword for the Shingo Award Winning Book, Accelerate - https://itrevolution.com/book/accelerate/. Her DevOps Coursera course - https://www.coursera.org/learn/devops-culture-and-mindset - is one of the highest rated in the Coursera catalog. She’s also a member of the DevOps Enterprise Summit planning committee, building relevant industry content for a conference focused on transforming enterprises.
P.S. If you can’t attend live a recap and replay will be shared on Sunday so be sure to subscribe