Stephen Gillett joined Starbucks in May 2008, as senior vice president, chief information officer and general manager of Digital Ventures – a full line of business at Starbucks. Stephen leads Starbucks efforts to use technology to connect with consumers and enhance their experience in our stores.

As CIO, Stephen is responsible for all global enterprise technology activities at Starbucks, which includes key retail point-of-sale technology, enterprise software engineering, global datacenter infrastructure, enterprise business & supply chain systems and other IT functions. As GM, digital ventures, Stephen is responsible for all digital, e-commerce and new ventures for Starbucks globally.

Prior to joining Starbucks, Stephen was CIO and SVP, Engineering for Corbis, a digital media company. In that role, Stephen was responsible for application development and global infrastructure for Corbis’ key platforms. Stephen used his technology expertise to enhance management and search functionality of the company’s vast digital library. Prior to Corbis, Stephen’s experience included senior technology leadership positions with Yahoo!, CNET Networks and Sun Microsystems.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon and a Master of Business from San Francisco State University. Stephen is a Northwest native and a family man with four young children. He also manages to find some free time to be an avid multiplayer online gamer.