Dive Brief:
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Target Corp. Tuesday said that Mike McNamara has been named its new CIO.
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McNamara was most recently CIO at U.K. supermarket retailer Tesco.
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During his 15 years at Tesco, McNamara was instrumental at developing its formidable e-commerce operations, according to reports.
Dive Insight:
After Target’s massive 2013 data breach, all eyes have been on the retailer’s next steps in cybersecurity. That has made the CIO position especially important for Target. McNamara has a reputation for tech savvy across many channels and was instrumental in developing Tesco’s in-store technologies and its e-commerce.