Raman Bukkapatnam is the new CIO of Marriott Vacations Worldwide responsible for leading the enterprise’s global technology strategy, transformation and modernization.
Bukkapatnam is a strategic leader with over 25 years of experience in technology consulting, retail, consumer products, manufacturing, media and supply chain.
He brings to Marriott a strong background of foundational enterprise platforms, digital customer experience solutions, vendor partnership strategies, change management, enterprise architecture, cloud migration, data engineering, integrations, automation and more.
Prior to joining Marriott, Bukkapatnam served as Vice President, Global Technology at Nike.
Under his leadership, Nike successfully migrated to a cloud global enterprise resource planning application to allow for scale, performance and operational efficiencies. Bukkapatnam was also responsible for leading the company’s retail store technology footprint, sustainability technology initiatives and digital connectivity with manufacturing factories and suppliers.
Prior to Nike, Bukkapatnam had a more than 20 year-career at Starbucks, leading a number of digital transformation initiatives.
“This is an incredibly exciting time to join the leadership team at Marriott Vacations Worldwide and be part of the growth strategy for the future,” said Bukkapatnam. “I understand that a priority for the Company is a strong, agile technology infrastructure to power us forward as a leader in the leisure travel space. I’m happy to be part of building how digital will change what the future of vacation looks like for all our stakeholders.”
