We are leading in the new areas that matter most – Big data, social and mobile. Big data is helping us optimize our fulfillment networks and offer more relevant shopping information to customers. Mobile is transforming the current retail experience by bringing together online and stores – putting power directly in the customer’s hands. This year, we’ve built and launched new mobile apps featuring in-store mode and scan-and-go. eCommerce isn’t just following trends – we’re helping to set them.

• Open Source:

  Mupd8 (formerly known as Muppet) lets you write a live (continuously up-to-the-moment) data-stream-processing application easily, and runs it over multiple machines scalably so that you can run handle large input streams and computations. At the highest level, Mupd8 does for Fast Data, what Hadoop and the MapReduce computation model do for Big Data. The @WalmartLabs Mupd8 platform has already supported more than a dozen sophisticated stream applications processing hundreds of millions of tweets; of site-activity events on various Walmart sites, and more, each day. @WalmartLabs is using it to perform production-application log processing for the live monitoring of production servers this holiday season.

• The Trending Page:

  Walmart.com was among the first to introduce discovery shopping through “product pins” on Pinterest.com. Browsing items recently bought on Walmart.com via Pinterest brings fun and delight to the shopping and product discovery experience.

Constant motion and curiosity is the hallmark of eCommerce. Our aspirations and goals for our projects are high. Last year, we launched a multi-year process to build the next generation technology platform that will power all of our sites around the world. Our goal is to connect every product in the world with every person in the world. And we want the opportunity to connect them in a transaction anytime, anywhere. Beyond streamlining internal processes, we’re forging ahead with new apps and exciting projects.

• We’re connecting online fulfillment centers, store distribution centers, Walmart’s shipping and logistics network and 4,000 stores to deliver products to people faster.
• Our mobile app now acts as a personal shopper when the Store Mode is activated, showing store specials, price scanning, product locations and we’re testing the ability to check out with your phone as you shop.
• As a Pinterest experiment, we curated popular Walmart.com pins into an inspired shopping experience called Spark Studio.
• @WalmartLabs built a contest called Get On The Shelf, inviting entrepreneurs and businesses to submit online video pitches for their products. We got 4,000 submissions from all over the country.

eCommerce embodies the productive restlessness of an industry leader that knows innovation is the only way to remain the industry leader.

We enjoy a culture of exploration and innovation. Together, we unite with a customer-focused mission of saving people money so they can live better. Our visionaries make a huge impact, every day. By utilizing small, agile teams, we’re turning projects around in times usually unheard of for a company of our size. With the ability and scale to touch billions of consumers all at once, our work is cut out for us. We're recruiting some of the best entrepreneurs, technologists, data scientists, merchants and consumer Internet professionals around the world – in order to make the online and mobile Walmart experience as great as the store itself. We’re inspired by the challenges ahead of us, as well as making a difference for our customers.

Together, our leadership and eCommerce associates are placing Walmart firmly in the lead of technological innovation and capabilities. With Walmart eCommerce, @WalmartLabs and Walmart.com, we’re excited about the limitless opportunities that this next generation of eCommerce will bring to billions of people around the globe, all in an effort to help them save money and live better. Learn more about our leaders:

Neil M. Ashe

President and CEO, Global eCommerce

Neil Ashe was appointed in January 2012 to lead Walmart’s Global eCommerce Division, which develops strategies, platforms and applications that combine the latest in online innovations with physical stores to give Walmart’s customers a unique and seamless shopping experience.

Prior to his current role, Neil was president of CBS Interactive, where he led online properties and drove development of innovative methods to distribute programming. He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University. He serves on the boards of AMC Networks and the Georgetown University Board of Regents.

Joel Anderson

President and CEO, Walmart.com U.S.

Joel Anderson was appointed in August 2011 to lead Walmart.com in the U.S. Prior to this role, he was the Divisional Senior Vice President, Northern Plains, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Prior to joining Walmart, Joel was the President of Direct business for Lenox. He also served in numerous roles at Toys “R” Us, Inc., including Senior Vice President, Marketing for Babies “R” Us, and leading divisions at Toys “R” Us dot.com and the stores organization. His prior companies include Target Corp. and Airborne Express. Joel has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from St. Olaf, Northfield, Minnesota.

Fernando Madeira

President and CEO, Latin America eCommerce

Fernando Madeira is based in San Paulo, Brazil, and leads eCommerce growth for Walmart in Latin America. He is establishing a regional strategy to leverage and build upon the entrepreneurial spirit and potential of the markets in Latin America.

Prior to joining Walmart, Fernando spent 23 years as CEO and co-founder of Terra, a paid content site, spearheading innovations like the first Internet-TV studio in Latin America and the first-ever legal music distribution site. He holds a BS in Information Technology from Pontificia Universidade Catòlica. 

Jeremy King

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Global e-Commerce

Jeremy King has been on the forefront of cloud computing and brings over 20 years of experience building highly scalable technology platforms to support Global eCommerce operations to his position. King is also an expert on engineering methodology and productivity, SaaS and presentation layer frameworks.

Since joining Walmart in 2011, King has led product, engineering, and web ops team members charged with developing Walmart’s online business on a global scale as the company moves to the next generation of e-commerce. Prior to Walmart, King spent three years at LiveOps as Executive Vice President of Technology where he guided Fortune 500 companies to migrate their services to the cloud, embrace crowd sourcing in the enterprise and adopt highly available and secure SaaS platforms. From 2001 to 2008, King was Vice President of Engineering and Software Development at eBay. During his tenure, he led the team that selected and implemented the next-generation application platform “V3,” ran engineering teams for trading and fraud systems, launched eBay in 7 new countries, opened development centers in China/India and was a key member of the PayPal integration team.

Gibu Thomas

Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital, Global eCommerce

Gibu Thomas is responsible for all the global mobile and digital media initiatives for the company. Prior to taking on this role, he led strategy for Global eCommerce.

Prior to Walmart, Gibu was a serial entrepreneur who founded and led multiple technology companies. His first company, Bluelark Systems, created the Blazer mobile web browser, the first mainstream smart phone web browser and the default browser on Treo smartphones. Most recently, Gibu co-founded Sugarsync, a cloud-based synchronization and online backup service. Gibu has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BS in Computer Science.

Walmart eCommerce has Silicon Valley offices in San Bruno, Sunnyvale, Brisbane and Mountain View. This is in addition to locations in San Diego/Carlsbad and Portland, Oregon. Many of our offices have all the perks and lifestyle accommodations you would expect from an industry leader, including a gym, Pilates classes with personal trainers and in-house masseuses (fees may apply). There's also a café, pool table and ping pong tournaments for those that like to play hard. Commuter shuttles service the facilities for maximum convenience, and you’ll even find a band playing on the patio in the summer. Coupled with Hack days, Meet-ups and Tech talks, our offices are brimming with ideas and the energy to implement them. All this helps create a culture of free-thinking curiosity that stimulates, provokes and encourages new thinking and ideas.