Suresh Kumar

Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer Walmart

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Suresh Kumar has been Walmart’s Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer since July 2019. He brought to a retailer the experience of three of the largest technology companies. At Amazon he spent fifteen years building retail, supply chain and inventory systems. At Microsoft he ran the physical cloud, from data centres and fibre to energy and construction. At Google he ran display, video and app advertising and analytics. Earlier he was a researcher at IBM, after a doctorate at Princeton.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer of Walmart since July 2019.
• Vice President and General Manager of display, video, app ads and analytics at Google from February 2018 to June 2019.
• Corporate Vice President of cloud infrastructure and operations at Microsoft.
• Fifteen years at Amazon, including Vice President of technology for retail systems and operations.
• Research Staff Member at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
• PhD in Engineering from Princeton University.

Professional Journey

Kumar earned a Bachelor of Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a PhD in engineering at Princeton University. He worked as a Research Staff Member at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, working on supply chain planning and hardware protection.

He then spent fifteen years at Amazon in technology leadership, ending as Vice President of technology for retail systems and operations, where he led retail operations, supply chain and inventory management systems. At Microsoft he became Corporate Vice President of cloud infrastructure and operations, overseeing data centres, network, servers, fibre, supply chain, energy, construction and infrastructure automation as the company scaled its capacity.

From February 2018 to June 2019 he was Vice President and General Manager at Google, running display, video, app ads and analytics. That portfolio spanned the Google Ad Network, AdMob, AdSense, DV360, Ad Manager, Google Analytics and GA 360, as well as advertising on YouTube, Gmail and the Google Play Store.

In July 2019 Walmart appointed him Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer. Walmart’s leadership page lists him on its Executive Council.

Education

Princeton University

PhD, Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor of Technology